This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Penny Pennington — Managing Partner at Edward Jones. The two discuss consistent investments that allow employees to grow and prosper, relying on interdependence, how client needs are changing rapidly, giving advisors autonomy, flexibility and support, and creating a virtuous circle of advice and guidance.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Wells Fargo CEO of Wealth and Investment Management, Barry Sommers. The two discuss creating a seamless transition to independence, how to attract the best advisors and give them access to a superior platform, growing your own enterprise value, utilizing and perfecting your tech stack, and investing in your business by attracting young talent.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Dynasty Financial Partners’ President & CEO Shirl Penney. The two discuss the recent growth of alternative investments, serving the corporate executive in a more independent way, why leadership by fear is not sustainable over time, how success builds success and inspires more people, and technology allowing advisors to service more clients at scale.

A conversation with John Langston, Founder & CEO of Republic Capital Group.AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with John Langston — Founder & CEO of Republic Capital Group. The two discuss how valuations and multiples continue to be strong, being strategic when buying or selling your firm, advisors with investment banking backgrounds, how competitive markets make for competitive pricing, and partnering with outside sources and professionals.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Dynasty Financial Partners’ Co-Heads of Investment Banking, Sam Anderson and Harris Baltch. The three discuss equity and partnership becoming a motivator, creating enterprise value, building capital structure, centralized scale within the industry, and providing specialized wealth management planning.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Merritt Point Wealth Advisors’ Founder & CEO Jay Andrews and Founder & COO Ross Bauer. The three discuss 2025 being a record year for M&A, the many different definitions of what independence means, equity being a driver in the marketplace, how discipline creates successful results, and the value of next generation advisors in growing your business.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Stan Gregor — CEO of Summit Financial. The two discuss the increasing pace of M&A, the details around equity deals, how growth must be a part of selling your firm, determining an alignment of outcomes, bringing the right people into the right ecosystem, and improvements in technologies and efficiencies.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Brad Genser — Co-Founder and CTO of Farther. The two discuss how advisors are voting with their feet, creating exceptional returns for clients, the emergence of technology within the industry, managing client demands, and allowing technology to elevate your client relationships while still keeping a human connection.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Sean George — Head of Business Development at Equitable Advisors. The two discuss where the wealth management space is headed, organic vs. inorganic growth, the integration of wealth management and insurance, building phenomenal support systems, how clients have evolved to wanting and needing leadership from their advisors, and developing a human capital strategy to drive growth.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Tim Bello — Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Merchant. The two discuss the state of the advisor marketplace, a shift in mindset around firm definitions, building a firm with people of similar vision, obtaining success through energy and motivation, and creating a firm’s ecosystem through advice and execution

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Nate Schelhass — Head of Business Owner Segment at Principal Financial Group. The two discuss how valuable risk products are, delayed returns on insurance products, creating business valuations to protect owners and their business, being part of something bigger when it comes to culture, uncomplicating problem solving, and making your client base sticker.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Steven Condon — President, D.A. Davidson Trust Company. The two discuss strategies and best practices for distributing assets among various trust vehicles to meet clients’ legacy goals, building confidence and transparency with clients, irrevocable life insurance trusts, U.S. states with the most beneficial tax rates, and positioning trusts to attract new clients.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Julie Kelly — Financial Advisor and Principal at Edward Jones. The two discuss creating efficiencies with time management, eliminating personal guilt from running your business, thinking big picture about the long career journey you are on, creating effective service models for individual clients, and slowing down in order to speed up.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Tad Edwards — CEO, and Todd Brandstadt — Director of Branches at Benjamin F. Edwards. The three discuss the advisor industry post-Covid, the firm’s history of 130+ years and six generations, nurturing client relationships and growing your business, and retaining traditional values.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Fernando De Leon — Founder & CEO of Leon Capital Group. The two discuss utilizing finite resources, scaling up different businesses, relationships with RIA and investment managers, building a business and compounding wealth, and the growth of American capitalism.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Jim Gold — CEO of Steward Partners. The two discuss the impending advisor retirement wave, breakaway M&A trends, continually improving culture and morale, creating efficiency and scale, and the significance of brand pride.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Rich Steinmeier — CEO of LPL Financial. The two discuss intergenerational wealth transfer practices, how independence allows advisors to control how their business evolves, treating advisors as clients, an inverted pyramid business, having employees share the same values, and building a strong relationship between LPL Financial and Commonwealth.

AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Michael Purpura — President of Wealth Management at D.A. Davidson. The two discuss how markets can impact recruiting, keeping consistency and stability during a turbulent economy, employee equity ownership, efficiencies that can be driven by A.I. technology, building wealth and enterprise value, and D.A. Davidson being independent for 90 years.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with John Amore. As Kestra Financial’s new President, John reflects on his career journey, highlighting the shift toward independence in wealth management. He shares how Kestra empowers entrepreneurial advisors with full-service capabilities, strong tech, and a supportive culture. John emphasizes the importance of selective growth, solid capital backing, and advisor-aligned equity. He also discusses industry consolidation, the need for firms to focus fully on wealth management, and having a commitment to fostering a collaborative advisor community.

This week, AdvisorHub’s CEO, Tony Sirianni talks with Ron Kruszewski — Chairman of the Board and CEO of Stifel Financial Corp. The two discuss a range of topics, from market volatility and the role of AI in the advisory business to recruiting and the importance of strong company culture. Ron's perspective on navigating market corrections and the influence of political factors, like tariffs, is insightful. Ron touches on the evolving role of technology, particularly AI, in enhancing advisory processes but not replacing the human element.To hear more from Ron, register for Stifel’s Financial Advisor Virtual Open House: www.choosestifel.com/openhouse (http://www.choosestifel.com/openhouse)Visit AdvisorHub for more news and resources for financial advisors: http://www.advisorhub.com (http://www.advisorhub.com).