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2026 Wealth Management Industry Awards Celebrate Record-Breaking Year and the Innovators Advancing Financial Advice

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The 12th annual Wealthies honored sustained excellence, emerging leaders and technology-driven innovation before more than 600 industry executives in New York City

NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Wealth Management last night announced the winners of the 2026 Wealth Management Industry Awards, the 12th annual celebration of outstanding achievement by the companies, organizations and individuals supporting financial advisor success. More than 600 executives and team members from leading asset management firms, registered investment advisors, broker/dealers, custodians, technology providers and other industry organizations gathered for the red carpet, cocktail reception and black-tie awards ceremony at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.

The 2026 program set a new record with 1,392 nominations from 508 unique companies, up from 1,210 nominations in 2025 and nearly four times the 350 nominations submitted in the program’s inaugural year in 2015. This year’s finalist class represented 315 unique companies across 107 categories, including the Rising Star awards program. Nearly 40% of submissions recognized entirely new initiatives, underscoring the pace of change across the advisor ecosystem.

“The growth of the Wealthies reflects both the expanding range of organizations serving advisors and the extraordinary amount of work being done to help advisors build stronger businesses and improve outcomes for their clients,” said David Armstrong, Head of Editorial Operations, Wealth Management Group. “Our independent judges evaluate the usefulness, innovation, scope and impact of each initiative – not the company behind it. To be named a finalist, and especially a winner, is meaningful recognition in a year with a record field.”

New categories introduced for 2026 recognized emerging priorities across the industry, including Partnership Development Executive of the Year, Advisor Intelligence Platforms, RIA Leadership Executives of the Year, Video Series of the Year, Recruiting Firm Enterprise Executive of the Year, Corporate Innovation and Model Portfolio Selection. Together, the new categories generated 142 nominations and 59 finalists.

The 2026 winners reflected both the strength of established industry leaders and the emergence of a new generation of innovators. Several honorees extended long-standing records of achievement, demonstrating sustained excellence across changing market conditions. Technology providers continued to feature prominently, reflecting the industry’s ongoing digital transformation, while many winners earned recognition across multiple categories—evidence of broad capabilities rather than success in a single specialty. At the same time, several newer entrants have accumulated multiple wins in just the past few years, signaling fresh momentum and the rise of influential new industry leaders.

The evening also marked the introduction of the Tina Powell Inspiration Award, which will be presented annually to an individual who exemplifies Powell’s generosity and service to others. A longtime industry participant and former Wealthies judge, Powell spent two decades as one of wealth management’s most beloved voices. After receiving a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, she shared her journey publicly and turned an extraordinarily difficult chapter into a source of strength for others. The award honors her authenticity, courage and genuine care for the people around her.

“Tina brought an uncommon combination of courage, candor and generosity to this industry,” Armstrong said. “The Tina Powell Inspiration Award gives us a lasting way to honor her memory and recognize the people who lead with the same commitment to lifting others up.”

The 2026 program began earlier in the day at Convene 360 Madison Avenue, where senior executives from finalist companies joined a CEO panel examining emerging risks and opportunities in the business of financial advice, new competitors and trends challenging the RIA model, and what firms now need from vendors and strategic partners. The panel was followed by a roundtable on AI’s impact on wealth management and the delivery of advice, as well as networking among industry leaders.

The afternoon’s Focused on the Future Think Tank, themed “Leaning Into the Human: Building the Advisory Firm of the Future in an AI-Driven World,” explored how firms can use technology to strengthen the human side of advice. Through facilitated discussion and peer exchange, participants considered the future talent pipeline, the skills advisors will need as entry-level work becomes increasingly automated, ways to retrain and support existing teams, and how to create a more human-centered client experience.

Wealth Management extends its sincere thanks to the independent judging panel, whose expertise, insight and thoughtful evaluation uphold the integrity of the Wealth Management Industry Awards.

For more information about the Wealth Management Industry Awards and the 2026 winners, visit https://informaconnect.com/wealth-management-industry-awards/.

About the Wealth Management Industry Awards

Now in its 12th year, the Wealth Management Industry Awards recognize outstanding achievements by companies, organizations and individuals that support financial advisor success. Winners are selected based on quantitative measures including scope, scale, adoption and feature set, along with qualitative measures such as innovation, creativity and user experience. Additional information is available at https://informaconnect.com/wealth-management-industry-awards/.

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Krelva Accepted Into the HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School

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Foster Britton spent four years learning to trade. Jerry Klamm grew a website to $100,000 a month in high school. Their bootstrapped, pre-launch company, Krelva, joins the new program in October and opens Krelva Meet, small live rooms where day traders trade the market together at their respective skill levels.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Krelva, a bootstrapped, pre-launch Buffalo company built for futures day traders, has been accepted into the HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School, a new online program for founders working toward their first check. Foster Britton started trading in 10th grade, at 15, before settling on futures trading. Jerry Klamm, 19, built Geometry Spot at 16, grew it to more than 175 million pageviews and $100,000 a month in revenue before he finished high school, and left the University at Buffalo to run Krelva full time.

“Krelva Meet is the room I wish I had at 15.” Foster Britton, co-founder, Krelva

Krelva exists because of how hard Britton’s first four years were. Trading is highly complex, the internet is full of people teaching it, and most of what a beginner finds is confusing, contradictory, or sold by someone with something to sell. The question is never whether there is enough information. It is where to start and who to listen to.

“I started trading in 10th grade, in forex before anything else, and it took me four years to get it right,” Britton said. “It was not that the charts were hard. It was that there is so much online, most of it is confusing, and there is no way to know where to start or who to listen to.”

Today Krelva has two things. The first is a free beginner course that shows people where to start; it teaches the basics without promising anyone a payday. The second is Krelva Meet, which opens in October at $50 a month with a 14-day free trial: a new way to trade Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures, not alone and not in a crowd of strangers, but in a small live room with people at your own verified level.

Krelva Meet started with a frustration anyone who has spent time in a trading Discord will recognize. People post their results, and some of those results are real. Screenshots are easy to fake, a few prop firms now issue verified payout cards, and none of it tells a beginner whether the person answering their question is actually where they say they are. So the beginner guesses, and the loudest voice usually wins.

Krelva Meet checks. Every trader has a level that Krelva verifies before they enter a room, and the company is building direct brokerage verification so the check happens automatically. Rooms are built from traders at the same level. Someone who has never passed a prop firm evaluation sits with others who have not either. Pass one, and you move up to rooms with traders who have passed. Get paid out, and you move up again. Alongside the rooms, Krelva is launching a rating: simple, earned over time, and moved by how you answer questions during the session rather than by what you claim. Rooms are not a signal service and tell no one what to buy or sell. They are about the process: reading the market before the open, talking it through with people at your level, and finding out afterward where and why you were right or wrong.

Krelva does not claim to make anyone a better trader faster. It is trying to give people a place to start.

“Krelva Meet is the room I wish I had at 15,” Britton said.

The HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School has drawn attention since its launch for its $699 price and its format, which from Krelva’s understanding pairs weekly live sessions with HBS faculty and guests with AI versions of those same professors, built to push back on weak ideas.

“I’m interested in this new program at Harvard Business School. I think using AI tools to learn is the future, but I’m curious to see how Harvard does it and if it actually works,” Klamm said. “I like that it says the AI professors are built to challenge weak ideas, so I’m going to push it to the limit and see how it performs compared to a real professor.”

The waitlist for Krelva Meet is open now at https://krelva.com.

“Most traders look at the chart at 9:30 every morning by themselves. There are thousands of other traders just like you,” Klamm said. “Why would you trade alone if you could trade with a group you trust? That is the whole idea.”

About Krelva

Krelva is a Buffalo, New York company built for futures day traders. Its free beginner course, built by co-founder Foster Britton, teaches the basics of trading. Its paid product, Krelva Meet, puts traders in small live rooms with other traders at the same verified level to trade Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures together, for $50 a month with a 14-day free trial. Krelva was founded in 2026 by Jerry Klamm and Foster Britton. Learn more at https://krelva.com.

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Larry Ellison Cancels His Plan to Sell Oracle Stock

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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) today announced that Larry Ellison, Executive Chair of the Board and Chief Technology Officer, has cancelled his 10b5-1 Plan to sell Oracle stock. No Oracle stock was sold under that plan, and he has no other plans to sell any of his Oracle stock.

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CBE’s 233 MW Kamoa Project Comes Online with AIKO ABC Modules

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YIWU, China, Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CrossBoundary Energy’s (CBE) 233 MW Kamoa solar project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has achieved full-capacity grid connection and entered commercial operation. Completed just 16 months after the power purchase agreement was signed, the project sets a new delivery benchmark for large-scale solar in Africa.

Powered by AIKO’s high-efficiency ABC modules, Kamoa is Africa’s first project to provide round-the-clock baseload power entirely through an integrated solar-plus-storage system. It offers a replicable clean energy solution for mining operations seeking both reliable power and lower carbon emissions.

The project is located next to the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, one of the world’s largest copper mining operations. Remote mines across Africa have traditionally relied on diesel generators to sustain continuous production, leaving operators exposed to fuel-price volatility and increasing carbon-related compliance costs.

Kamoa uses approximately 360,000 AIKO 655 W dual-glass modules in the 66-cell format. With a mass-production efficiency of 24.2%, each module delivers 30 W more power than comparable products of the same format. Their superior temperature coefficient and hotspot suppression performance also support stable generation and system safety under the mine’s hot, high-irradiance conditions.

By combining lower levelized cost of energy with reliable round-the-clock supply, the project replaces conventional diesel generation, reduces energy-price risk and lowers the carbon footprint of Kamoa’s copper production. This strengthens the competitiveness of its products as carbon requirements tighten in international markets.

Over its 30-year lifecycle, Kamoa is expected to generate 7.8 billion kWh of electricity and avoid approximately 78,800 tonnes of carbon emissions annually. As the DRC diversifies beyond its hydropower-dominated energy mix, the project provides a valuable model for integrating renewable power with mining across Africa.

The successful delivery of Kamoa further strengthens AIKO’s position in Africa’s fast-growing solar market. AIKO will continue to advance the global energy transition through high-efficiency technology and long-term value creation.

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