Richard Lander

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Director at Citywire

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Thursday papers: Trump’s export rules risk US’ AI leadership, warns Nvidia boss

1 week ago | citywire.com | Algy Hall |Himanshu Singh |Michelle McGagh |Richard Lander

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Expert View: Jupiter, Admiral, Informa, AJ Bell, RS Group

1 week ago | citywire.com | Lotte Edwards |Michelle McGagh |Chris Sloley |Richard Lander

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AI Rising: will ChatGPT upend education?

1 week ago | citywire.com | Natalia Vasnier |Richard Lander |Himanshu Singh |David Stevenson

The New York magazine headline couldn’t have been clearer. Everyone Is cheating their way through college; ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. There are many education experts out there who think the whole teaching business will have to change because of AI. Why do the hard yards of reading and studying when you just type a few prompts? Daisy Christodoulou isn’t so sure, having seen many ‘earth-moving’ education technologies come and go over the years.
AI Rising: Walter Pasquarelli on what happens next

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | Richard Lander

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AI Rising: Walter Pasquarelli on what happens next

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | Richard Lander

Many AI experts believe we have already reached Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - the point where the machines are smarter than us - or that its arrival is just around the corner. Walter Pasquarelli, who advises businesses and governments on AI, thinks that’s wrong. ‘I think for the full picture of intelligence, comparable to what us humans have, that’s going to be at least another five years.’ he said.
Wealth Enhancement eyes business transition services with $4.3bn Marcum buy

2 months ago | citywire.com | Sam Bojarski |Ian Wenik |Richard Lander

Marcum Wealth’s specialty in business transition planning was a key factor in Wealth Enhancement’s (WE) recent decision to buy, the latter firm’s chief strategy officer, Jim Cahn, told Citywire. Citywire reported last week that WE had agreed to buy the Cleveland RIA, which had previously been owned by national accounting firm Marcum LLP. WE has since said that the deal should close in May and that Marcum Wealth had about $4.3bn in client assets as of December 2024.
Bluespring acquires RIA where retired owner shot successor in head

2 months ago | citywire.com | Ian Wenik |Andrew Foerch |Sam Bojarski |Richard Lander

Kestra Holdings-backed RIA aggregator Bluespring Wealth Partners has acquired a $440m Wisconsin RIA, putting an end to a messy succession process at the target firm that included a 2020 workplace shooting in which a retired president and former owner shot one of his successors in the head. Based in Brookfield, Wis., Charter Capital Management (CCM) was formerly run by Lauren E. Toll, who had been the firm’s sole owner from 1990 to 2011.
Focus Financial Partners held talks to acquire $10.1bn Churchill Management Group: sources

2 months ago | citywire.com | Andrew Foerch |Ian Wenik |Sam Bojarski |Richard Lander

RIA financier Focus Financial Partners has been in talks to acquire Churchill Management Group, a Los Angeles-based wealth manager with approximately $10.1bn in assets under management, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Focus is one of a handful of bidders on Churchill, a source told Citywire, and no transaction between the two sides is imminent.
An AI-powered ETF takes flight

2 months ago | citywire.com | James King |Richard Lander |David Stevenson

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Republic Capital Group partners with Merchant-backed valuation service

Feb 18, 2025 | citywire.com | Richard Lander |Sam Bojarski |Sean Peche |Alex Steger

A Merchant Investment Management-backed M&A marketplace has revealed a partnership with an investment bank that joined Merchant’s network last year. Fin.Link said it has partnered with Republic Capital Group, which provides M&A advisory services, mostly for wealth management firms. Formerly known as Succession Link, Fin.Link revealed a rebrand and enhanced platform features in November of 2024. Those features have included a job board for financial professionals and new valuation tools.