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Oct 5, 26Deal announcedAlto · Forge Trust Co. · $20B — coverage

Oct 5, 26Deal announcedAlto · Forge Trust Co. · Forge Services Inc. · $20B — coverage

Sep 8, 26Fund launchMerrill Lynch · Candidly · Empower · Bank of America · Vanguard Group — coverage

May 13, 26Deal announcedSchwab Wealth Advisory

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Alto buying Forge Trust pools $20 billion in IRAs; MSCI and CUSIP extend private-company IDs

The purchase needs South Dakota banking approval, and MSCI supplies domicile, dividend, sector and PACS classification data.

RIA · Oct 7Fidelity extends its $100 million custody minimum to 986 existing RIA relationships

move · Oct 7Fidelity gives RIAs under $100 million until June 2027 to leave custody

practice · Oct 6Altruist prices Hazel planning agent at $3,600 per advisor annually

practice · Oct 6Pontera floats itself as AI's trust layer for 401(k) access

move · Oct 6Rise Private Wealth Management is Schwab's fourth large Ameriprise breakaway of 2026

practice · Oct 6Mariner CEO Marty Bicknell budgets $175M for 700 AI bots over five years

investments · Oct 6Alto to buy Forge Trust from Schwab, combining over $20 billion in retirement assets

M&A · Oct 6Alto to buy Forge Trust from Schwab, pooling $20 billion in retirement assets

RIA · Oct 6Betterment, Axos and Schwab court Fidelity clients hit by $100 million minimum

RIA · Oct 6Altruist adds donor-advised funds to its platform at 50 basis points

move · Oct 5Schwab offers an informal welcome to Fidelity's sub-$100 million custody clients

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

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