Dan is a business journalist who previously worked for various local newspapers and industry publications. He also worked for two years in Beijing as an editor at China Daily. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, he has written about banking, local governments and the legal profession, among other subjects. He now covers how politics, policy and regulation affect the financial planning industry.
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An industry recruiter notes that many wealth managers who switch firms receive money from their new employer to cover forfeited deferred compensation.
By Dan ShawJune 18 -
Survey results suggest alternative investments like private equity and private credit are already popular among advisors and becoming only more popular.
By Dan ShawJune 18 -
Recent research may suggest private credit doesn't produce great returns after fees and risks are taken into account, but wealth managers still see a case for using it and other alternatives to move beyond the 60-40 portfolio.
By Dan ShawJune 18 -
The founder of the private-equity backed RIA says he's interested in further acquisitions but doesn't want to be "growing for growth's sake."
By Dan ShawJune 17 -
Yext's CEO said his firm could have tried building its own in-house compliance software. Instead, it found exactly what it needed at Hearsay Systems.
By Dan ShawJune 14 -
Sources familiar with the case say Nicholas Takahashi's name surfaced on a Wells Fargo website long after he had left to work for a competitor.
By Dan ShawJune 13 -
Like its Wall Street rival Morgan Stanley, Citi sees a path to trillions in client assets in its workplace division.
By Dan ShawJune 12 -
The deal comes as a Raymond James executive questions if advisors who choose to go with private owners won't regret their decisions in three to five years.
By Dan ShawJune 11 -
New CEO Ted Pick sees little need to change the "wealth management machine" his predecessor helped bring to "escape velocity."
By Dan ShawJune 10 -
The American Securities Association accuses the industry regulator of violating federal sunshine law for rebuffing its requests for insight into more than $3 billion in recent settlements with Wall Street giants.
By Dan ShawJune 7