Aon exploring sale of $31bn Wealthspire Advisors: Sources citywire.com/ria/news/aon-e…

Exclusive — Elliot Weissbluth, the founder and original CEO of mega-RIA Hightower Advisors, is returning to the wealth management industry after five years, according to sources with knowledge of the situation: citywire.com/ria/news/hight…

$18bn RWA Wealth Partners returns to M&A market with Bay Area buy: citywire.com/ria/news/18bn-…

Cresset, an RIA and multi-family office with roughly $72bn in assets, has agreed to merge with Monticello Associates, a Denver-based investment consultancy that oversees $124bn, according to sources with knowledge of the situation: citywire.com/ria/news/cress…

Exclusive: $36.4bn EP Wealth launches capital raise, taps bankers citywire.com/ria/news/exclu…

Major deal breaking on Citywire RIA this morning.

Podcast: Inside a $60bn RIA mega-merger citywire.com/ria/news/podca…

Podcast: Why LPL is trying to move advisors to its corporate RIA citywire.com/ria/news/podca…

Scoop for Citywire RIA — $26.2bn Innovator Capital Management is exploring a sale, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The company is a well-known manager of defined outcome ETFs: citywire.com/ria/news/26-2b…

Former Penn head coach Steve Donahue will take over at St. Joe’s for this season after head coach Billy Lange left for the Knicks, source told @thefieldof68. Donahue was hired by Lange this past offseason as his associate head coach. Donahue spent the previous 10 seasons at

*Charles Barkley voice* "I got two words for you, Ernie. Steve Donahue and Fran McCaffery, November 17, must see TV."

1000% Committed Penn Men's Basketball

Penn picks up a fifth commit from a familiar feeder of talent. Carroll also had offers from Seton Hall, UMass and La Salle.

Mega-RIA Hightower is pursuing a new M&A strategy which is designed to consolidate its existing network of advisor practices into regional groups and bring in new acquisitions under a single brand name, according to sources with knowledge of the situation: citywire.com/ria/news/hight…

I really enjoyed this conversation with Peter Lazaroff: open.spotify.com/episode/5Sujy9…

Ameriprise to end relationship with NaviPlan: Source citywire.com/ria/news/ameri…

Breaking — Ares Management, one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, has agreed to take a minority stake in EP Wealth Advisors, a Torrance, Calif.-based RIA with roughly $40bn in assets under management: citywire.com/ria/news/ares-…

$9.5bn Composition Wealth makes CEO change: citywire.com/ria/news/9-5bn…

Exclusive — Eric Clarke and Brian McLaughlin launch new AI-for-advisors startup: citywire.com/ria/news/exclu…

$4.6bn Vivaldi Capital Management exploring sale — Sources citywire.com/ria/news/4-6bn…