Deal brings more than $400 million in assets and expands TRPG’s footprint into North Carolina. Advisors John Hardy and Gib McEachran join TRPG following multi-year affiliation with Summit Financial Networks.
SAN DIEGO – Sept. 25, 2025 – Cetera announced today that its employee-based RIA, The Retirement Planning Group (TRPG), successfully closed an acquisition of HMC Partners, bringing approximately $425 million* to Cetera and TRPG. HMC Partners is based in Greensboro, NC, and serves more than 500 households across the U.S. HMC Partners’ co-founders John Hardy and Gib McEachran have joined TRPG and were previously affiliated with Summit Financial Networks**—a unique community within the Cetera Advisor channel.
170-year-old community bank strengthens client experience by expanding access to financial advisors and comprehensive wealth management services
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Sept. 24, 2025 – Dollar Bank today announced the expansion of its Dollar Investment Services* wealth management program across all 28 of its bank locations in Northeast Ohio. The initiative reflects the bank’s commitment to delivering comprehensive, personalized financial guidance to customers in the communities it serves.
What’s the data saying about the economy and markets? Our Q4 Chartbook is here packed with dashboards, indicators, and timely insights from Cetera Investment Management. See what’s shaping the conversation this quarter!
Are We Entering a Jobless Expansion?
In our Q4 2025 market outlook, we explore how the Fed’s next move, rising tariff risks, and a weakening labor market are shaping investor sentiment. As uncertainty builds, we highlight where we see opportunity — and why diversification remains essential heading into year-end.
Agreement makes investment banking services available to Cetera financial advisors whose clients want to sell their business or begin the planning process
SAN DIEGO – Sept. 23, 2025 – Cetera and Cornerstone Business Services (Cornerstone) have signed an agreement for Cornerstone to offer business sale services to Cetera financial advisors whose clients own private businesses. The new partnership is another meaningful expansion of how Cetera supports financial professionals and their high-net-worth clients.
Fed Easing Resumes
U.S. equities ended higher last week with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posting their third-straight weekly gains. Investor sentiment was bolstered by the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday decision to cut interest rates by 0.25%, their first rate reduction since last December. The central bank also lifted their 2025 and 2026 growth forecasts and signaled two additional rate cuts by year-end.
$120 million AUA program moves from LPL to Cetera to elevate client experience, help drive growth
SAN DIEGO – Sept. 18, 2025 – Cetera Financial Institutions has partnered with Peoples Bank and Trust to further strengthen and grow the bank’s investment program, Peoples Financial Management & Planning*. The transition marks a strategic move to enhance client services, expand capabilities, and align with a partner that shares Peoples Bank and Trust’s values and commitment to excellence.
Nasdaq Clinches New Records
U.S. equities were broadly higher last week amid renewed AI optimism and growing confidence for multiple upcoming interest rate cuts. Markets fully priced in a near certain quarter-point rate cut at the Fed’s September 16- 17 FOMC meeting after consumer inflation came in hotter-than-expected in August. Weekly initial jobless claims also surprised higher, rising 27,000 to 263,000, the most since late October 2021.
Industry Veteran Richard J. Koll joins Alma Wealth Management, starts dual employee program with Cetera Financial Institutions.
SAN DIEGO – Sept. 15, 2025 – Cetera Financial Institutions has partnered with Alma Bank to further strengthen and grow the bank’s investment program, Alma Wealth Management* (AWM). Financial Professional Richard Koll, who recently joined Alma Bank as head of AWM, is leading the transition to Cetera as part of his strategic growth plan.