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Wealth Management Daily Memo

JULY 05, 2025

Savvy Wealth Raises $72M, Adds Mark Casady to Board of Directors

The AI-driven, automation-focused platform provider has attracted advisors to its RIA unit at a steady clip as well.

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Q&A: What Was Behind Schechter’s Decision to Sell to Arax?

CEO Marc Schechter discusses the decision to sell, why he was on the fence about the deal and his thoughts on private equity investment in wealth management.

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RESOURCE CENTER
Fixed Income: A Risk-Adjusted Opportunity
Navigating the current landscape.
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Cetera CEO Durbin Cites 4 RIA Options as Differentiator for New Indie Channel

Mike Durbin explained the rationale behind offering multiple RIA options to the market and the firm’s success with some “signed wins” among defecting Commonwealth/LPL advisors.

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As RIAs Scale, Talent War Heats Up for In-House M&A Expertise

Acquiring RIAs like Clearstead and Kestra’s Bluespring are in the market for business development hires even as mega- to mid-sized RIAs like Captrust, Soltis and Caprock have recently poached M&A expertise.

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WEBINAR
Alternative Investments Summit: Navigating the New Frontier
Join this Summit to explore how technology, data, and product innovation are transforming the way advisors allocate to private equity, private credit, hedge funds, real estate, crypto, and more.
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Realta Wealth Loses Interim CEO

The departure of Liz Legacy is the latest in a string of exits from Realta Wealth.

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Public/Private Convergence Dominated the Morningstar Investment Conference

The growing drumbeat of expanding private market access to the wealth channel has reached a crescendo.

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$27B Choreo Taps Former Edelman Exec as CEO

Jason Van de Loo replaces Larry Miles, who will transition into the newly created role of executive vice president of strategic partnerships.

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Cetera Launches First in a Planned Line of Alternative Investments Models

Cetera Blended Alternatives Model-Moderate will feature private equity, private credit and private real estate funds.

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