Citywire This Week in Wealth

The biggest breakaway (ever?) 

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Andrew Foerch, Alec Rich and Alex Steger discuss a $129bn team's decision to ditch Merrill Lynch and set up an RIA with help from Dynasty and Schwab. The scale of the move is huge and so are its ramifications for all parties involved. Not least because Merrill has already filed a doozy of a lawsuit. Andrew, Alec and Alex get into it all. They also look at the perhaps surprising wind-down of Strive Wealth Management, which is shutting shop less than a year after its formal launch. 
26 Sep English United States Investing

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