Luke Winskowski, former head of Thrivent’s advice and wealth management division, has joined 49 Financial as president. The Austin-based RIA with just under $1 billion in client assets was the first outside firm to join Thrivent Advisor Network.
It was a slow week for deals in the RIA space but MAI didn’t miss a beat and Wealth Enhancement Group reinforced its position as 2023’s most active buyer.
Will Armenta co-founded the "alts-for-advisors" platform with Joe Lonsdale, and advises Lonsdale's $6 billion venture capital fund. He'll be a managing director at Duran's Rise Growth Partners.
Double-digit percentage point gains in both were notable findings in the annual advisor tech survey revealed at the T3 conference this week, as was the persistently low adoption of cybersecurity tools.