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Asset managers are doing an about face on outsourcing, seeking to bring more functions in-house. A combo of factors has created an opportunity in muni bond investing. These are among investment must reads for financial advisors this week.

The addition sees Hightower Signature Wealth grow to $40 billion in less than a year through a combination of affiliates and newly acquired firms.

The deal comes shortly after Allworth secured a new investment round from Integrum Holdings while retaining its prior stakeholders, Lightyear Capital and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Passive does not always mean diversified.

The Akron-based RIA adds another Minneapolis-St. Paul firm, its first RIA acquisition this year.

iTP Partners, which had been acquired in 2022 into what would become Osaic, has departed for Cetera after speaking with “multiple” broker/dealers.

In new research, industry association Nareit also shows how REITs have performed amid the market volatility stemming from the war in Iran.

August 3, 2026 | 2:30 PM EST

They’re not easy to ask, and it’s on you to get clients into the right mind-frame to answer honestly.

FinCEN, FINRA and CFTC fined the bank’s wealth management division for allegedly failing to fix problems with foreign-currency wire monitoring and customer due diligence from 2019 to 2023.

President Rob TeKolste will take over as CEO from Esfand Dinshaw in 2027 at the insurer that owns $10 billion RIA Wealthcare and $12 billion Northrock Partners.

Despite rapid growth to an estimated $30 billion to $40 billion, PEPs face headwinds including advisor reluctance, control concerns and conflicts that may limit adoption.

Everyone is using AI. Not everyone is using it well.

VistaShares' Adam Patti discusses how ETF innovation is bringing institutional-style strategies to retail investors, emphasizing “look under the hood” due diligence.

Invesco's Karl Desmond breaks down how advisors work with both pre-built and custom model portfolios.

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Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements and developments within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.

The wealth management industry has been living with a toothache. AI just made it a medical emergency.

Also, merchant bank Valeon hires a managing director from Houlihan Lokey, Verdence brings on a financial planning head, and Credent Wealth adds AssetMark’s CEO to its board.

Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch bolsters its institutional consulting and wealth management by luring the team from Morgan Stanley's Graystone.

The CEO of an RIA founded by wirehouse breakaway advisors explains how the firm is providing family office-like services without ceding ownership.