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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.
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? |
Financial Advisor
August 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Christina Mucciolo |
What Can We Do For You? Clearing firms matter to advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
James J. Green |
Catching Up With: Jeff Montgomery A conversation with the CEO of Al Frank Asset Management. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Kathleen M. McBride |
What Lurks Beneath There are many registered independent advisors and broker/dealers for whom the Bear Stearns debacle is much more than an academic exercise. |
Registered Rep.
October 26, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Net Assets Rise at LPL, TD Ameritrade Trading revenue (excluding asset-based fees and advisory assets), however, was less impressive, with LPL posting modest gains and TDA seeing big declines. (Not surprising, given the overall market conditions.) |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Tracey Longo |
All For Advisors Brokerage executives are doing their best to deliver the tools advisors need to move their business to the next level, while still remaining efficient. That includes streamlined technology, investment and rebalancing selections, outsourcing, practice management and business development assistance. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Fido Attacks! Long a distant second to Charles Schwab in the lucrative business of serving financial advisors, Fidelity is making an aggressive push to close that gap. And some advisors are taking notice. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
James J. Green |
B/D Briefing: Citi Brokers Switch to Fees Citi Personal Wealth Management announces that the brokers who operate in Citibank branches will change their compensation models immediately from commissions to fees. |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Raymond Fazzi |
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market. |
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 2008
James J. Green |
Fast Growing RIAs Tied to Breakaway Brokers A new study commissioned by Fidelity Investments of the fastest growing RIA firms found that firms that grew their assets under management by more than 100% over the past three years have a lot of common factors. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
James J. Green |
Catching Up With... Jeff Montgomery shares his thoughts on what advisors are looking for these days from their asset managers. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Lauren Barack |
Give Them What They Want Understanding they can't offer every tool to every advisor, custodians are nevertheless making sure to remain flexible enough to meet advisors' ever changing demands. |
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
December 2005
Andrew Gluck |
The Gluck Report, Part I: The Big Three's Tech Plans for 2006 New tech initiatives from the leading custodians have lots of features aimed at attracting and winning over RIAs without making them feel like they're losing their independence. We talk to the tech heads at Schwab, Fidelity, and TD Waterhouse. |
Registered Rep.
October 15, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
Schwab Q3 Earning Down, But the Race For RIA Assets Is Hot Charles Schwab reported a 34 percent drop in its third quarter earnings, the firm's third consecutive quarter of slowing earnings this year. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
July 2006 |
Upgrades Pershing LLC announced healthy growth in the number of RIAs custodying client assets and trust accounts through its Pershing Advisor Solutions unit... Charles Schwab & Co. announced June 14 a broad reduction and simplification of pricing for its retail... etc. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
James J. Green |
Editor's Note: Change Partners Some thoughts from the editor of this publication on the current state of the financial advisory business. |
Registered Rep.
November 25, 2008 |
Fido Poaches Schwab RIA Executive Fidelity Investments negotiates a contract with the former head of Schwab's advisor business. |
Registered Rep.
May 2, 2011
Diana Britton |
Top LPL Advisor Leaves to Start His Own B/D, Eyes Acquisitions Registered Rep.'s top-rated 2010 independent broker/dealer advisor Ron Carson has announced plans to leave LPL Financial |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Elizabeth D. Festa |
Springtime for Brokers Custodians and independent B/Ds roll out the carpet. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2005
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Independence Day There is a growing trend toward registered reps moving out of the wirehouse environment -- a trend invisible to most, but obvious to the country's leading custodians: they are actively wooing breakaway brokers. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2015
Diana Britton |
Crowded Out Some level of competition between advisors and custodians has been around for years. Still, some advisors feel recent events make the distinction between business partner and market competitor less clear. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
James J. Green |
TD Ameritrade Stands Tall Record attendance was reported at the custodian's 14th annual national conference. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009 |
Game Changer Barack Obama tops the 2009 IA 25 -- our seventh annual list of the most influential people in and around the advisory profession. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
James J. Green |
More on Migration Cerulli Associates estimates that $800 billion will be moving as advisors change firms. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers. |
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 |
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.
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.
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
James J. Green |
Not Slowing Down LPL Financial is pushing its already big envelope under the leadership of Mark Casady |
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 |
