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Aspiriant, Key Private Bank and Merrill Lynch lost advisors to Manhattan West and Steward Partners in moves announced this week, while F.L.Putnam expanded in Maine.

J.P. Morgan's latest investment in the startup incubator is fueling the firm's next round of AI-enhanced technology tools for advisors.

Following the announcement of its acquisition of Crown Capital Securities, LPL said it added $19 billion in recruited assets and 421 net new advisors during the second quarter.

Adam and Daniel Kaplan were charged with wire and investment fraud and money laundering for misappropriating at least $5 million from dozens of clients, many of whom were elderly or disabled.

A commission report from last month highlights the problem of forced arbitration clauses in contracts between RIAs and clients.

The service works with an advisors' tech stack to automate things like client onboarding and billing, and marks a new area of growth for the data analytics startup.