Wealth Engineering News

• Concurrent Adds 10 Advisors in Q4 on March to $15B AUM December 10, 2025
  Concurrent tops asset gathering record in 2025, with a total of $30 billion across wealth and retirement, as it advocates for independent platform model.
• Ten Estate-Planning Predictions for the Next Two Years December 9, 2025
  Trends that have accelerated across the industry.
• Flagstar Private Bank Expands to Include Family Advisory Services, Insurance December 9, 2025
  Flagstar’s private banking business is expanding further into wealth management by also bolstering trust, estate and insurance services, to be led by two new hires.
• Mariner Pursuing $1.02B Debt Raise December 9, 2025
  S&P Global Ratings said the proposed debt will be used to refinance the $609 billion RIA's existing term loans.
• Former Ameriprise Rep Claims Supervisor Mocked His Sobriety December 9, 2025
  In a newly filed lawsuit, Eugene Rooney claims his branch manager became hostile after Rooney returned to work post-COVID, but Ameriprise argues the claims in his lawsuit are “without merit.”
• People Moves: Alts Manager Sagard Names US Wealth Channel Lead December 9, 2025
  In addition, TIFIN taps an experienced operations chief, BMO Wealth hires a new head of U.S. investments, and annuity platform provider DPL hires a former Orion sales leader as chief of distribution.
• Creative Planning Adds $900M Pennsylvania Firm December 9, 2025
  The Overland Park, Kan.-based RIA is acquiring Marshall Financial Group, a company that offers integrated financial planning and employs 19 people.
• 11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Dec. 9, 2025) December 9, 2025
  How the AI investment arms race plays out in 2026 will have big implications for investors, according to Morningstar. U.S.-listed ETF inflows have reached a new annual record with still weeks to go before the end of 2025. These are among the investment must-reads we found this week for financial advisors.
• FINRA Cautions Broker/Dealers on Gen AI Hallucinations December 9, 2025
  In its annual regulatory oversight report, FINRA included a new section on generative AI, urging registrants to remember that existing rules apply to its use, just as they do with other technology tools.
• $80B NewEdge Capital Hires CEO December 9, 2025
  James Jesse will now oversee New Edge Capital’s two RIA divisions as the firm continues to seek scale beyond its more than $80 billion AUM.