Michael Thrasher is returning to Institutional Investor as a senior reporter.

He had joined Pensions & Investments last year after being editor in chief of Institutional Investor’s RIAIntel.

Thrasher initially joined Institutional Investor four years ago as a reporter. He previously was a reporter for WealthManagement.com, where he has been since January 2017.

Thrasher has covered brokerages, RIAs and everything that impacts them. He has written about mergers and acquisitions, regulatory changes, technology and industry trends.

He previously worked as a research analyst for ValuePenguin and interned at Business Insider.