Friday, April 17, 2026

ThinkAdvisor - Senior Reporter

 


Since April 17, 2026, I have been Senior Reporter for ThinkAdvisor.

Author page: https://www.thinkadvisor.com/author/profile/rob-burgess/

Some of these stories were republished by sister publication, BenefitsPRO. Here is my author page: https://www.benefitspro.com/author/profile/rob-burgess/


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Stories

2026-04-20 - TA - Could Retirement Planning Be the Next AI Frontier for Advisors

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/20/could-retirement-planning-be-the-next-ai-frontier-for-advisors/

2026-04-21 - TA - Baird Adds $1B Team in Indianapolis

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/21/baird-adds-1b-team-in-indianapolis/

2026-04-21 - TA - AI Can't Do Math. So How Does It Do With Portfolio Allocations

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/21/ai-cant-do-math-so-how-does-it-do-with-portfolio-allocations/

2026-04-22 - TA - How Advisors Guide Clients Who Want to Help Their Child Buy a Home

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/22/how-clients-can-help-their-kids-buy-a-first-home-without-derailing-retirement/

2026-04-22 - TA - 6 Firms Merge to Form New $4B RIA

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/22/6-firms-merge-to-form-new-4b-ria/

2026-04-23 - TA - Hightower to Acquire $9.5B Bahnsen Group

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/23/hightower-to-acquire-95b-bahnsen-group/

2026-04-23 - TA - Clients Are Asking About Crypto. Does It Have a Place in Retirement Portfolios

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/23/clients-are-asking-about-crypto-does-it-have-a-place-in-retirement-portfolios/

2026-04-24 - TA - How Advisors Can Protect Clients In Cognitive Decline

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/24/how-advisors-can-protect-clients-in-cognitive-decline/

2026-04-27 - TA - Osaic Adds AI-Powered Documentation Platform

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/27/osaic-adds-ai-powered-documentation-platform/

2026-04-28 - TA - Your 50-Year-Old Client Has No Retirement Account. What's an Advisor to Do

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/28/your-50-year-old-client-has-no-retirement-account-whats-an-advisor-to-do/

2026-04-28 - TA - 'Gray Divorce' Leaves Little Room for Error in Retirement Planning

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/28/how-gray-divorce-changes-retirement/

2026-04-28 - TA - 55ip Collaborates With T. Rowe Price on Custom Model Portfolios

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/28/55ip-collaborates-with-t-rowe-price-on-custom-model-portfolios/

2026-04-30 - TA - Jump Adds to Leadership Team, Announces New Collaboration

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/30/jump-adds-to-leadership-team-announces-new-collaboration/

2026-04-30 - TA - California's Wealth Tax Plan Fuels UHNW Anxiety

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/30/californias-proposed-wealth-tax-fuels-uhnw-anxiety/

2026-05-01 - TA - Reverence Capital Closes $2B-Plus Osaic Recapitalization

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/01/reverence-capital-closes-2b-plus-osaic-recapitalization/

2026-05-01 - TA - Tax and Retirement Issues to Watch for in 'Gray Divorce'

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/01/tax-and-retirement-issues-to-watch-for-in-gray-divorce/

2026-05-04 - TA - AmeriFlex Rolls Out Succession Platform

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/04/ameriflex-group-rolls-out-succession-platform/

2026-05-05 - TA - Client Demand for Tax Planning From Advisors Keeps Growing

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/05/client-demand-for-tax-planning-from-advisors-keeps-growing/

2026-05-05 - TA - Sowell Launches 'Family Office Lite,' Advisor Partnership Program

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/05/sowell-launches-family-office-lite-advisor-partnership-program/

2026-05-06 - TA - What 4 Pre-Retirees Really Want From Advisors

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/06/4-pre-retirees-discuss-what-they-really-want-from-advisors/

2026-05-06 - TA - Most Advisors Doing Income Planning Rate Their Skills 'Intermediate' or Lower – Study

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/06/most-advisors-doing-income-planning-rate-their-skills-intermediate-or-lower-study/

2026-05-07 - TA - How Tax Planning Can Help Advisors Turn Prospects to Clients

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/07/how-tax-planning-can-help-advisors-win-over-more-prospects/

2026-05-07 - TA - How to Avoid the Costliest IRA Mistakes

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/07/how-to-avoid-the-costliest-ira-mistakes/

2026-05-08 - TA - Jeff Levine Breaks Down the OBBBA

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/08/jeff-levine-breaks-down-the-obbba/

2026-05-11 - TA - How Frontloading Taxes Can Help Prevent Pain in Retirement

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/11/how-frontloading-taxes-can-help-prevent-pain-in-retirement/

2026-05-11 - TA - Dynasty Investment Bank Marks Third Anniversary With 'M&A May'

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/11/dynasty-investment-bank-marks-third-anniversary-with-ma-may/

2026-05-12 - TA - Wells Fargo Launches Advisor Gateway

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/12/wells-fargo-launches-advisor-gateway/

2026-05-12 - TA - The Big Question Looming Over Bonuses This Year

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/12/year-end-bonuses-seen-flat-to-modestly-higher-report/

2026-05-13 - TA - Debra Taylor - How OBBBA Is Making Advisors Rethink Tax Planning

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/13/debra-taylor-how-obbba-is-making-advisors-rethink-tax-planning/

2026-05-13 - TA - Osaic Pulls $200M Du Lac Wealth Services From LPL

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/13/osaic-pulls-200m-du-lac-wealth-services-from-lpl/

2026-05-14 - TA - Ted Cruz Says Trump Accounts Could Replace Social Security. Retirement Pros Are Skeptical.

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/14/ted-cruz-says-trump-accounts-could-replace-social-security-retirement-pros-are-skeptical/

2026-05-14 - TA - Corient Acquires $7.8B Capital Advisors

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/14/corient-acquires-78b-capital-advisors/

2026-05-15 - TA - Integrated Partners Adds $850M City Square Wealth Management

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/15/integrated-partners-adds-850m-city-square-wealth-management/

2026-05-15 - TA - When Clients Start an 'Encore Career' in Retirement

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/15/when-clients-start-an-encore-career-in-retirement/

2026-05-18 - TA - Nitrogen Rolls Out Legacy Center

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/18/nitrogen-rolls-out-legacy-center/

2026-05-18 - TA - Creating a Successful Multi-Generational Household Takes Planning

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/18/creating-a-successful-multi-generational-household-takes-planning/

2026-05-19 - TA - Orion, Flourish Expand Integration for Held-Away Cash Visibility

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/19/orion-flourish-expand-integration-for-held-away-cash-visibility/

2026-05-19 - TA - How to Keep Client Couples' Simultaneous Retirements From Going Wrong

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/19/how-to-keep-client-couples-simultaneous-retirements-from-going-wrong/

2026-05-20 - TA - Bluespring Wealth Acquires $1.1B Synthesis Wealth Planning

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/20/bluespring-wealth-acquires-11b-synthesis-wealth-planning/

2026-05-20 - TA - How to Avoid Beneficiary Designation Horror Stories

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/20/how-to-avoid-beneficiary-designation-horror-stories/

2026-05-21 - TA - Wealth.com Partners With AcquireUp

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/21/wealthcom-partners-with-acquireup/

2026-05-22 - TA - Rockefeller Global Family Office Adds $1B Team From Morgan Stanley

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/22/rockefeller-global-family-office-adds-1b-team-from-morgan-stanley/

2026-05-22 - TA - $3B Wells Fargo Team Launches RIA Gryphon Wealth

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/22/3b-wells-fargo-team-launches-ria-gryphon-wealth/

2026-05-22 - TA - Captrust Adds $1.25B Stillwater Capital Advisors

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/22/captrust-adds-125b-stillwater-capital-advisors/

2026-05-26 - TA - Annuities May Help Clients Live Longer – Study

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/26/annuities-may-help-clients-live-longer-study/

Republished in BenefitsPRO:

2026-05-27 - BP - Annuities linked to longer, healthier retirements, research finds

https://www.benefitspro.com/2026/05/27/annuities-linked-to-longer-healthier-retirements-research-finds/

2026-05-26 - TA - An Obscure Social Security Claiming Strategy - Not So Fast

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/26/an-obscure-social-security-claiming-strategy-not-so-fast/

Republished in BenefitsPro:

2026-05-28 - BP - Is the claim-early Social Security strategy too good to be true

https://www.benefitspro.com/2026/05/28/is-the-claim-early-social-security-strategy-too-good-to-be-true/

2026-05-28 - TA - Client Satisfaction Is High, but Referrals Are Low – Report

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/28/client-satisfaction-is-high-but-referrals-are-low-report/

2026-05-28 - TA - New AI Business Tax Prep Platform Goes Live

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/28/new-ai-business-tax-prep-platform-goes-live/

2026-05-29 - TA - Bill Crager Launches New Wealthtech Platform

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/29/bill-crager-launches-new-wealthtech-platform/

2026-05-29 - TA - Advyzon Sees the Promise and Peril of AI in Wealth Management

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/29/advyzon-sees-the-promise-and-peril-of-ai-in-wealth-management/

2026-06-02- TA - Bluespring Wealth Launches RIA

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/06/02/bluespring-wealth-launches-ria/

2026-06-02 - TA - How Raising Children Later in Life Changes Retirement Planning

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/06/02/how-raising-children-later-in-life-changes-retirement-planning/

Republished in BenefitsPro:

https://www.benefitspro.com/2026/06/02/raising-children-later-in-life-can-change-retirement-planning/

2026-06-03 - TA - Modern Wealth Acquires $1.1B Flaharty Asset Management

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/06/03/modern-wealth-acquires-11b-flaharty-asset-management/

2026-06-03 - TA - Dividend - Growth - Both Stock Classes Can Work in Retirement Portfolios

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/06/03/dividend-growth-both-stock-classes-can-work-in-retirement-portfolios/

2026-06-04 - TA - FP Alpha Launches Tax Snapshot 3.0

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/06/04/fp-alpha-launches-tax-snapshot-30/

2026-06-04 - TA - Your Wealthy Client Made a Big Gift Before OBBBA. What if They Want it Back

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/06/04/your-wealthy-client-made-a-big-lifetime-gift-before-obbba-what-if-they-want-it-back/


Mentions

2026-05-05 - Kitces - Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 9-10)

https://www.kitces.com/blog/weekend-reading-for-financial-planners-may-9-10-2026/


Newsletters


Retirement Report Newsletter

(Starting April 28, 2026, I have been publishing the Retirement Report Newsletter each Tuesday.)

2026-04-28 - TA - Retirement Report Newsletter

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2026-05-12 - TA - Retirement Report Newsletter

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2026-05-19 - TA - Retirement Report Newsletter

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2026-05-26 - TA - Retirement Report Newsletter

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2026-06-02 - TA - Retirement Report Newsletter

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Tax Planning Insider Newsletter

(Starting May 13, 2026, I have been publishing the Tax Planning Insider Newsletter each Wednesday.)

2026-05-13 - TA - Tax Planning Insider Newsletter

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2026-05-20 - TA - Tax Planning Insider Newsletter

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2026-05-27 - TA - Tax Planning Insider Newsletter

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2026-06-03 - TA - Tax Planning Insider Newsletter

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