Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

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.
Investment Advisor April 2008	Overseas Acquisition Focus Financial Partners has agreed to acquire Manchester, England-based Greystone Financial Services Ltd., making the U.K. wealth management firm the 15th "partner firm" in the Focus Financial stable.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	Gobbling Up RIAs The RIA holding company Focus Financial recently snatched up three more firms, bringing total acquisitions to 9 and assets under management to $15 billion.
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.
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 David E. Adler	The Yanks Are Coming! The credit crunch in the United States is usually blamed for the sudden and severe economic contraction in the United Kingdom, lamented as the worst economic crisis to face Britain in 60 years. But this hostility does not extend to the U.S. financial planning industry.
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. 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. June 1, 2005	A Hit with the Rich The percentage of high-net-worth households naming a registered investment advisor (RIA) as their primary advisor rose to 46% in 2004 from 30 percent in 2001. The growth came at the expense of the wirehouses.
Investment Advisor January 2009 James J. Green	Focus Expands Catching Up With Rudy Adolf, CEO of Focus Financial Partners, buyer of advisory firms.
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. 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?
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.
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, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Happy Mediums Online brokerage giants are taking market share from almost every segment of the financial advisory business - except for RIAs.
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	Growing RIAs A new study from Fidelity Investments found that registered investment advisory firms have grown their assets under management an average of 55% over the past three years.
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. 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. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates?
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. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable.
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. 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.
Financial Planning January 1, 2013 Donald Jay Korn	Top Custodians: Battling for Custody Custodians try different strategies for growth as advisors break away to join RIA firms.
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. September 27, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Want More Prospecting Time? Integrate Your Tech, Study Says The cost of inefficient technology integration at registered investment advisor practices may be more than you would think.
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.
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 September 1, 2012 Eric Schwartz	Eric Schwartz of Cambridge Investment Discusses RIAs A proposal to deal with RIAs regulatory advantage over independent broker-dealers.
Registered Rep. April 6, 2010 Kristen French	Custodians In Race To Roll Out M&A Tools TD Ameritrade Institutional is rolling out a new online business valuation tool.
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.
Registered Rep. September 3, 2009 Mindy Diamond	Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	Advisor Pulse The registered investment advisor market continues to add assets at a hefty rate.
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.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	60 Seconds: Catherine A. Saunders Catherine A. Saunders was named about three years ago to lead a product sales drive to fee-based RIAs.
Registered Rep. March 6, 2014 Diana Britton	Independent Channels Continue to Steal from Wirehouses RIA and dually registered advisory channels will grow their share of the advised assets to 26 percent by 2016, according to a report by Cerulli Associates. That growth will largely come at the expense of the wirehouse channel.
Financial Advisor July 2009 Sherri Scordo	Compliance Concerns There's a lot of buzz these days about potential changes in compliance rules and the impact on advisors.
Investment Advisor May 2009 Kelli Cruz	Walk On The trend of wirehouse advisors joining the independent RIA channel has ramped up significantly in the last several years, and is only increasing in the wake of Wall Street's epic meltdown.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Frances A. McMorris	The 2009 Challenge: Embracing Change Now that the major earthquakes seem to be over, advisors at the brokerage firms once known as wirehouses increasingly find themselves asking the question: Should I stay or should I go?
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Brooke Southall	RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms.
Investment Advisor May 2009 James J. Green	Pershing Service for RIAs at B/Ds Pershing LLC introduces a new service for its affiliated broker/dealer firms called RIA Complete.
Investment Advisor October 2010 John Sullivan	Tom Bradley's Vision for the Future The head of TD Ameritrade Institutional looks back on 25 years with the company, and speaks frankly about the keys for future advisor success
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.
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Ann Marsh	The Largest RIAs Race to Scale RIAs work to address their top challenges: boosting their efficiency, customizing their technology and differentiating themselves from the competition.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Anne Field	The Metamorphosis If you are ready to go out on your own as a registered investment advisor, you're likely to encounter a host of tricky problems and stumbling blocks. Here's a look at five of those problems and what you can do about them.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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.