Stephen Caruso

Associate Director of Wealth Management at Cerulli Associates

Speaker

As an associate director of wealth management, Stephen develops critical research on U.S. registered investment advisors (RIAs). His team is responsible for the collection, interpretation, and visualization of financial advisor data and defining emerging themes impacting the industry. He has issued groundbreaking coverage on the rise of merger and acquisition activity and related consolidation industry, the emergence of the RIA consolidator model, the role of private capital, financial advisor succession, and key practice management takeaways. Stephen also leads Cerulli’s Advisor Research Collaborative (ARC), which consists of the development of strategic engagement activity to maintain and grow Cerulli’s proprietary network financial advisors. He regularly presents at industry conferences and virtual events and is a member of the Money Management Institute’s Leadership Pathway Program.