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Financial Advisor January 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff	Custodians Are Knocking More custody players have been clamoring for the business of registered investment advisors, and that trend will continue this year, say two well-known research firms for financial institutions and investment managers.
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.
Investment Advisor July 2010 James J. Green	Your Next Custodian Mike Kavanagh and his team at RBC Advisor Services enter the custody space with ambitious plans to attract big advisory firms.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 John Churchill	Can Schwab's RIA Empire be Toppled? Last year the online-broker-turned-advice-provider extended an already massive lead over rivals Fidelity and TD Ameritrade in RIA asset gathering. Is there no challenger to Schwab's throne?
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.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Chuck Saletta	You're Being Taken to the Cleaners You and I are subsidizing the risks that JPMorgan and Bear Stearns are taking, and their shareholders and managers are receiving the rewards.
Investment Advisor August 2008 Elizabeth D. Festa	Springtime for Brokers Custodians and independent B/Ds roll out the carpet.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Christopher O'Leary	It's Not Just About the Trade Because of a massive consolidation wave and a hyper-regulatory environment, financial advisors are interacting with their clearing firms in ways they never did before.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Raymond Fazzi	The Logic Of Multiple Custodians As custodians serving the independent advisor market come and go, and merge and consolidate, many advisors are having a harder time finding a stable home for their clients' assets. In many cases, they're finding that using multiple custodians gets the job done efficiently.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Fewer, But Bigger Breakaway Brokers Joining RIAs With markets stabilizing and bank-brokerage merger integrations progressing, fewer brokers are fleeing the big Wall Street wirehouse firms for the RIAs and independent b/ds in 2010.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2013 Diana Britton	No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Robert F. Keane	Changes at the Top for RIA Units at Fidelity and Schwab At a time when growth in the RIA channel has been robust to say the least, the two largest custodians have announced executive changes and restructuring of their units serving RIAs.
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 James J. Green	Human Capitalist At Pershing Advisor Solutions, the emphasis is on putting the right people in the right spots to serve high-end advisors
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	What Can JPMorgan Do With Bear Stearns? If JPMorgan can pull Bear back to even a fraction of its former self, the acquisition will go down in history as one of the most lucrative deals ever made.
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.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Will Bear Stearns Receive a Rival Bid? Two days after JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Bear Stearns for $2 per share, BSC stock is trading for slightly more than $5 per share. How could this be? Because the market is factoring in the possibility of a rival offer from another bidder.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Bruce W. Fraser	Clearings Fairly Smooth Despite recent market turmoil -- spurred by the collapse of several storied financial institutions and plummeting stock values -- clearing venues for trades from financial advisors have been functioning fairly smoothly.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell	Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Credit Crunch Cuts Down Bear Stearns Bear Stearns sells itself to avoid filing for bankruptcy.
Financial Advisor July 2004 Tracey Longo	Clearing Firms Come Courting With clearing industry players so clearly targeting advisors, competition for advisor business is likely to get even more interesting very soon.
Financial Advisor July 2006 Raymond Fazzi	They've Got Your Back To win financial advisors' business, custodians are offering to take over the back-office grunt work.
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn	Custody Battle Although three custodians now get most of the RIA business, increased competition may lead to more choices -- and more services -- for financial planners.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Hits the Panic Button Investment bank Bear Stearns liquidity woes prove to be true; the bank announces that it will receive short-term financing from the Federal Reserve and rival JPMorgan Chase.
Financial Advisor December 2011 Eric Rasmussen	Free-Range Advisors Custodians to independent advisors are in an arms race to give bigger, better software and practice management packages.
Investment Advisor July 2008 James J. Green	Further Integration at Fidelity Registered independent advisors and broker/dealer arms at Fidelity announce a joint program.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Lehman Brothers Next To Go? After Bear Stearns' collapse, Lehman's future could be on the chopping block.
U.S. Banker May 2008 Joseph Rosta	JPMorgan's Big Score: Prime Brokerage Business JPMorgan has established itself as a major prime brokerage player.
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.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien	Set Me Free LPL Financial staked a bigger claim on the independent advisor market last month with the announcement that the broker-dealer will allow its advisors to do business under their own RIA.
Financial Advisor July 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Clearing The Field While the clearing firm market has become treacherous terrain for smaller players, who are vulnerable to being either swallowed up or pushed out by larger firms, some smaller firms have managed to implement successful growth strategies.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Anywhere But Here No, you didn't want to be a financial advisor at Bear Stearns during the week of March 10. That was the week that news broke about Bear's serious liquidity problems, and the week it had to be bailed out.
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	A Visionary Move An interview with Mark Tibergien, a well-known and respected consultant at Moss Adams, as he takes the helm at Pershing Advisor Solutions.
Financial Advisor February 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Custodians Beef It Up Since advisors' work flows are often intertwined with custodian-supplied technologies, let's take a look at what the custodial firms have in store for 2008.
Investment Advisor July 2007 Green & Keane	TD Ameritrade to Acquire Fiserv's Advisor Unit Under the complicated deal that will break up Fiserv ISS, TD Ameritrade will pay $225 million in cash for the operation.
Investment Advisor October 2009 James J. Green	More on Migration Cerulli Associates estimates that $800 billion will be moving as advisors change firms.
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.
Financial Advisor September 2005 Raymond Fazzi	A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market.
Registered Rep. March 17, 2008 Kristen French	Bear Sells To JP Morgan, Advisors Prepare For Flight Recruiters say Bear advisors are very determined to leave, but the deal at least buys them some time to look for a new home.
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green	Catching Up With... Catching Up With Tom Bradley
Registered Rep. April 18, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	TD Ameritrade Signs Up More Breakaways TD Ameritrade saw 95 breakaway brokers sign up last quarter, bringing average initial assets of $30 million each to the custodian platform.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 David A. Geracioti	Von Aldo: AMTD Institutional Promotes Bradley, Nally Just two days after the close of iTD Ameritrade Institutional's annual gabfest, Tom Bradley, the president of the institutional unit, was named head of TD Ameritrade Holdings' retail distribution unit. Succeeding him will be Tom Nally.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Gets Sweeter JPMorgan ups its bid for the embattled investment bank to $10 per share, a five-time jump above its original, paltry offer.
Registered Rep. July 5, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	A League of their Own While the Big Four custodians still dominate the market, some smaller firms are making their presence felt.
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Registered Rep. April 17, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	TD Ameritrade Recruitment of Breakaways Up 10% The number of breakaway brokers joining TD Ameritrade in its fiscal second quarter continued at the double-digit pace set in 2011.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways.
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