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Amid skyrocketing growth, Barry Ritholtz sold a big tranche of shares in his RIA -- at a bargain -- making his CEO Josh Brown the largest among 29 new shareholders and getting 'forever' in return
Feb 4, 2026Ritholtz Weath leapt to $7.7 billion of AUM -- up $5 billion since 2022 -- but the firm's co-founder didn't seek the highest bidder because it didn't achieve his succession goals.
NewEdge has a 1099, W-2 and RIA channel and wants to take down wirehouses -- so it hired a 17-year Morgan Stanley executive who just spent seven years at the Mark Zuckerberg RIA
Dec 10, 2025The $80-billion all-channel RIA is showing it technology seriousness by making a wirehouse operations exec its CEO.
Charles 'Chuck Schwab' called James Gorman to protest a two-broker poach, kicking off a hydra-headed legal battle, costing Morgan Stanley millions, so far
Mar 9, 2023The Schwab founder and chairman invoked Charles Schwab Corp.'s zero-tolerance policy against Wall Street -- or RIA -- poaching of talent and AUM from Schwab branches.
Josh Brown and Barry Ritholtz want rock-star culture and rocketing growth in one RIA so they hired Jay Tini to manage the paradox
Nov 22, 2022The dynamic New York City super-blogger duo now have a $2.8 billion AUM RIA and a 'massive fanbase' to cultivate, but they also foresee a need to rein in and retain