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Wealth Management Daily Memo

MARCH 15, 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

Edward Jones Laying Off Home Office Workers Amid Restructuring

The broker/dealer is embarking on a multi-year effort to restructure its home office to boost collaboration and client focus, with layoffs to come on the administrative side of the business.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Edward Jones Launches New Model Focused on HNW Clients

Edward Jones Generations will focus on clients with a minimum of $10 million in investable assets who require help with cash flow analysis, trust and estate demands and business owner planning, among other needs.

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COLLEGE PLANNING

A Scary Time for Student Loan Repayment Programs

The battle over federal repayment plans could prove to be extremely consequential and costly to millions of borrowers.

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RIA NEWS

Family Office Execs Launch Affiliation Model for UHNW Advisors

Advisors join LinePoint Partners as independent contractors and determine how much of the firm’s platform fee to pass onto clients.

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Trending Podcasts

The Healthy Advisor: Climbing the Ladder as a Single, Young Mom With Mary Saylor

When advisor Mary Saylor gave birth to her daughter during her senior year at Penn State, it was an uphill battle to build a career in wealth management.

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RIA Edge Podcast: Wescott’s Commitment to Community, Client Retention with Grant Rawdin

Wescott Financial Advisory Group’s Grant Rawdin discusses the firm’s focus on social justice and mindful approach to acquisitions.

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RIA NEWS

Wealth Manager Starts NY-Based Multi-Family Office for UHNW Families

Andrew Crofton, formerly a managing director at an RIA, took about one year to bring together his full-service, multi-family office, Five Eleven Partners, targeting wealthy families.

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RIA NEWS

Wealth and Tax Planning Match-Ups Gain Steam, But Models Differ

Carson, Mesirow and Sequoia are recent RIA dealmakers in the growing push to add tax planning and services.

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CAREER MOVES

Former Allianz Exec Launches Advanced Planning Firm

Heather Kelly’s Mosaic Advanced Planning is backed by Merchant and RIA Apollon.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Stifel Plans Court Appeal After $133M FINRA Arbitration Award

The arbitration award concerned a Stifel broker’s “investments in structured notes,” while the firm argued the clients were “sophisticated” and understood the risks.

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HIGH NET WORTH

Socialite Libbie Mugrabi Claims 'Collateral' Damage for Warhol Painting

She alleges Art Capital Group stole her painting as part of a failed loan transaction.

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COMMENTARY

Aren’t All Wealth Management Firms and Models the Same?

Without the benefit of exploration, it’s easy to fall into the mind trap that says, “It’s all the same no matter where you go.”

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