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Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell	M & A: Who's Buying? Forget the dearth of capital afflicting the rest of the financial industry: RIA firms have access to plenty of money for mergers and acquisitions.
Investment Advisor June 2008 James J. Green	Catching up with...Deb McWhinney A conversation with Schwab's former institutional president, on her new position with Focus Financial Partners.
Registered Rep. February 19, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Where the Sellers At? RIAs are Holding Out for Better Deals Schwab executives predicted a decline mergers & acquisitions between RIAs in 2009, as potential sellers hold out for a stronger market and a better deal.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Halah Touryalai	A Match Made in Equity For financial-advisory practices, holding companies are making a come back after a flawed model forced them out of the market in the late 1990s. Now, new players have emerged and this time they're relying on private equity firms to help keep them in the game.
Registered Rep. July 16, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Profits Down for Q2 But Keeps Adding Breakaway Brokers Charles Schwab reported that its second quarter profit fell 31 percent, thanks to low interest rates and soft capital markets, but in the meantime the company has added 74 breakaway advisors to its RIA platform.
Registered Rep. September 20, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Big-Time Rollups Continue; Focus Financial to Acquire Colony Group This is Focus' fourth deal so far this year, and will make Focus a $45 billion player.
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	The Real Deal More than half of all registered independent advisory (RIA) firms bought or considered buying another advisory firm at least once in the past two years.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008	Independent Together The "RIA-in-a-box" model will attract plenty of wirehouse reps who may have previously balked at the idea of going completely independent, fearing they were unprepared to run their own businesses.
Registered Rep. November 26, 2010 Charles Paikert	RIA M&A Deals On Track To Top 2009 Total The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab Advisor Services.
Registered Rep. April 15, 2010 Halah Touryalai	RIA M&A Deals Break Record in First Quarter Mergers and acquisitions seem to be crawling back to the top of RIA principals' to-do lists this year, as the first quarter's numbers show record activity. What is your practice worth?
Investment Advisor January 2008	Back Office Deal A strategic deal between Charles Schwab and a back-office consulting firm will afford RIAs more outsourcing options.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008	Across the Pond Focus Financial Partners recently acquired U.K.-based Greystone Financial Services.
Registered Rep. September 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Volatility Not Enough to Slow RIA M&A Deals The first half of 2015 saw a significant increase in merger and acquisition activity among registered investment advisory firms.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2010 Halah Touryalai	RIAs Keep Up M&A Momentum RIAs continue to buy and sell their businesses this year as M&A deals in the industry reach record levels.
Registered Rep. December 2, 2008 Halah Touryalai	RIA Consolidators Going After Wirehouse Reps RIA holding companies are opening their arms to welcome wirehouse advisors, but only the cream of the crop: those who have significant assets under management and heavily fee-based books.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2011 Diana Britton	RIA M&A Hits Record in 2010, More To Come In 2011 Registered investment advisory firms were furiously busy getting hitched last year: they did the highest number of merger and acquisition deals recorded in at least seven years.
Registered Rep. June 16, 2008	Rival Firm Settles With RIA Database RIA Database, a financial services software firm, announced today the end of a yearlong legal battle with the company's chief rival, Discovery Database.
Registered Rep. June 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Boston Private Builds A Better Balance Sheet Is Boston Private Financial Holdings making a comeback? After a string of unsuccessful RIA acquisitions, soured loans at its private bank division, and a drawdown of $154 million in federal TARP aid, the RIA consolidator's outlook was glum.
Investment Advisor August 2009 James J. Green	Schwab Cuts Costs for Its Advisors Charles Schwab Advisor Services announced a series of moves that will have the net effect of reducing costs to the RIAs that custody with Schwab.
Registered Rep. August 18, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Market Turmoil Could Slow Advisor M&A Two industry experts expect merger and acquisition activity involving registered investment advisors will drop this year if the current volatility in the stock market stretches into the coming months.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Impact This! Schwabbies Descend Upon Vegas They didn't get to "Talk to Chuck," but attendees of the 2007 Schwab IMPACT conference did get a chance to talk to Walt Bettinger, president and chief operating officer, as well as Charles Goldman, executive vice president of Schwab Institutional in an afternoon Q&A session.
Registered Rep. October 24, 2007 Halah Touryalai	The New New RIA Model: Sharing Back Offices The barriers to going independent are shrinking. Don't believe it? Check out Mraz, Amerine & Hirschler & Associates, a firm launched by three wirehouse advisors who left Morgan Stanley earlier this month with $400 million in client assets.
Registered Rep. June 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Cuts Some Fees for 2009 In an effort to ease the financial pain of its registered investment advisors, Charles Schwab has announced a series of initiatives that will save them money.
Registered Rep. January 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai	LPL's New RIA Platform Rakes in Assets Since launching the platform in October 2008 through the end of 2009, the firm gathered $7.3 billion in assets.
Registered Rep. June 22, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Focus Financial Acquires Two More Firms The New York wealth-management roll-up continued its spectacular growth by adding two more firms to its collection.
Registered Rep. July 5, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab Finds RIAs Posted Record 2010 Revenue, AUM Average profits surged 45 percent last year among registered investment advisors surveyed, but don't look for a repeat of this year.
Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Advisory Pulse Registered investment advisory firms, especially small ones, are returning to the bargaining table this year; in the first quarter, RIA firms completed 24 merger and acquisition deals.
Investment Advisor July 2008 James J. Green	Catching up with... Mark Tibergien The CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions discusses why it's a good time to be a seller of an RIA firm, according to the latest research on mergers and acquisitions activity in the advisory market.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	Target: RIAs The New York City-based company has expanded well beyond its roots as a discount brokerage for do-it-yourself investors. E*Trade seals a greater foothold in the crowded wealth management arena.
Financial Advisor April 2008 Evan Simonoff	The Big Chill While the financial advisor community and their clients have avoided most of the mortgage-related problems, advisory firms' merger and acquisition activity is suddenly becoming a victim of fixed-income market paralysis.
Registered Rep. December 13, 2011 Charles Paikert	Regional RIAs Race To Expand Nationally In 2012 As Schwab Makes Move Regional wealth management firms are accelerating their efforts to expand nationally next year.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French	A Level Playing Field High-profit ensembles and solos are the top-performing 25% of financial advisory firms. Other ensembles and solos would lose money if they paid their owners a market level salary.
Investment Advisor January 2009 James J. Green	Schwab Reorganizes; Fidelity Hires; Pershing Provides The three major custodians of RIA assets announce big executive changes and a new practice management program.
Financial Advisor July 2012 Bernie Clark	The RIA Universe Advisors should look not just at their own internal business practices but also at the changes and trends occurring across the RIA field.
Registered Rep. February 26, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Let's Make A Deal The RIA M&A market is poised for growth, but not gaudy growth.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Money Managers Don't Get RIA Market A large number of money managers still haven't figured out how to tap the registered investment advisor market to sell their funds, according to research.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2008	Schwab 3Q Earnings Not Bad At All, Considering Excluding the sale of U.S. Trust in the year-ago quarter, results are mostly flat versus last year -- which is an achievement considering the market environment.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2008	What Is Your Practice Worth? Plenty--If You Are Fee-Based Considering selling all or part of your book? Buyers don't seem to care about a business model, they are only interested in the present and future revenue streams.
Financial Advisor July 2010 Bernie Clark	Gunning For Growth RIA firms estimate that they'll see 15% revenue growth this year. An emphasis on efficiency will free principals to go after new business again.
Registered Rep. May 5, 2008	LPL Financial Heats Up The RIA World The largest independent broker/dealer in the U.S. announced today it's going to launch an RIA custodian later this year, which will serve both hybrid and fee-only investment advisors who operate independent RIAs.
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost.
Registered Rep. April 16, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	If You Build It, Will They Come? RIA Consortium Says Branding Is Key Advizent wants to unite the fractured universe of RIAs, impose standards on the practitioners, get better deals from vendors and educate potential clients on the merits of the independent channel.
Registered Rep. September 22, 2008 John Churchill	Wall Street's Pain Is RIAs' Gain: Reps Flee Wirehouses, Bring Assets to Fido And Others Despite the still-outsized signing bonuses offered by most Wall Street firms, the steady trickle of brokers leaving wirehouse firms to join or form their own RIA firms is growing.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Kador	Schwab Does It Again Charles Schwab, the pioneering discount broker who was slammed by the tech wreck and suffered through protracted management struggles in the past two years, is beating the wirehouses at their own game.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2008 Brooke Southall	Schwab Re-Org Combines RIAs With Retirement Biz Schwab Institutional had an awesome year in 2008, but it isn't resting on it's laurels. Schwab is reorganizing, removing a well-respected executive, and combining the RIA unit with the retirement and corporate services unit.
Registered Rep. February 17, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Envestnet To Buy RIA Software Provider Tamarac Envestnet is looking for a larger share of the RIA market with its latest acquisition.
Investment Advisor January 2010 James J. Green	Numerology: Bright Future for Advisor M&A Activity M&A activity among RIA firms is poised for resurgence, as a new market environment emerges and the pool of potential buyers undergoes dramatic change.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Kristen French	60 Seconds with Deborah Doyle McWhinney A short interview about the rivalry between the registered investment advisor (RIA) firms that Schwab caters to and Wall Street wirehouses.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2015 Jerry Gleeson	No Slowing RIA Growth In the financial advisory industry there are potential regulatory burdens, fickle investors, and crafty competitors -- but nothing has changed the relentless march of the registered investment advisor space since the 2008 crash.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Eric Rasmussen	Advisors In A Darwinian World In a more competitive landscape with strained markets, advisors are relearning how to survive.