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May 13, 26Deal announcedSchwab Wealth Advisory

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Compound Planning runs $5 billion on software its own engineers write

Co-founder Alex Farman-Farmaian explains what the ten-person team built, and where the RIA still buys.

practice · Oct 5Ascensus launches a participant-referral workflow for plan advisers

The Close · Oct 3Claude for Financial Advisors draws a fiduciary objection over portfolio math

Features · Oct 3CG Financial hires TradePMR and Axos executives as platform fight intensifies

The Close · Oct 2SEC proposes letting RIAs self-custody crypto when no permitted custodian is available

The Close · Oct 2Financial Advisor Magazine's chatbot test finds plans close to human advisors for mass-affluent clients

move · Oct 2Fidelity gives custody clients under $100 million until June 2027 to move

move · Oct 1Fidelity tells sub-$100 million RIAs to leave, with no fee option to stay

RIA · Oct 1Fidelity raises RIA custody minimum to $100 million, setting a mid-2027 deadline

RIA · Sep 30Pontera reframes itself as AI-agent gatekeeper as Schwab readies Charley agents

practice · Sep 30Pontera pitches an AI trust layer as Schwab prepares its Charley agent

move · Sep 29UBS hires Merrill's John Pham and Jimmy Yip below $10M production minimum

RIA · Sep 28Cerulli: 73% of RIAs most likely to add junior advisors over two years

move · Sep 26UBS's digital hire is a book-transfer play

advisor_note · Sep 26Schwab's cash shelf turns the sweep into a product

Features · Sep 26The next breakaway is a job offer