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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. |
Financial Advisor August 2010 Raymond Fazzi |
Looking To Streamline Now that they've experienced the harsh consequences of poor business management, fee-based advisors are looking to their custodians and broker-dealers for all the help they can get. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market. |
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? |
Registered Rep. August 2, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Ex-Merrill Team: HighTower's Model Is Financial Advisory World's iPod HighTower Advisors' latest recruitment prize, a Merrill Lynch private banking team, says it sees big changes coming in the financial advisory world. |
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
Rep-as-Portfolio Manager Programs Taking Off Despite the compliance hurdles, more than one third of financial advisors see direct handling of clients' assets by FAs acting as their portfolio managers clearly outpacing other fee-based management styles in the next three years. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 Advisor March 2004 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note Virtually none of the several dozen advisors I spoke with was dissatisfied with the state of their business. At least if they were, they weren't saying so. |
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 Advisor June 2006 Tom Lydon |
Ten Myths Busted At Tiburon Summit Discussions at the Tenth Tiburon Strategic Advisors CEO Summit helped dismantle myths about investments, boomers and more. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell |
Aiming Lower Mass-market investors, with their relatively tiny net worth but big growth potential, are attracting increased attention from the financial planning industry. Two major companies have announced forays into this market sector. |
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 October 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
ETFs' Rising Despite a slight increase in mutual fund allocations this spring, ETFs are the real ascendant investment instruments. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Bob Clark |
Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice. |
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. |
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. April 21, 2004 David A. Gaffen |
Separately Managed Accounts in Beantown According to data from Tiburon, 61 percent of fee-only advisors (RIAs) use no-load mutual funds as the chief component of their investment strategy. |
Financial Advisor September 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 David J. Drucker |
Chasing The Wrong Clients? Some think that financial advisors are after the wrong group of wealthy clients. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Kara P. Stapleton |
Catching up with... Steve Lundquist, recently appointed head of the Registered Investment Advisor channel for JPMorgan Funds, speaks about his business strategy. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 James J. Green |
Editor's Note: The Limits of Independence Why the independent advisory business is such a wonderful one to be in, and yet such a frustrating one, too. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 James J. Green |
The Quiet, but Growing Custodian A quiet but consistently growing player in the advisor custody space, and a unique one, is Trust Company of America. |
Registered Rep. April 18, 2012 Diana Britton |
Tiburon's Roame: Less of a Breakaway Trend, More of a `Broken-Away' Trend Whether you agree with him or not, Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, is not afraid to tell you exactly how he sees it when it comes to the financial services industry. |
Registered Rep. October 19, 2010 Jed Horowitz |
Genworth Wealth Moves Upscale The allure of wealthy investors and their preference for fee-based advisors has permeated the radar of another provider of investment management solutions. |
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 November 2006 LeBlanc & Brounes |
Embracing The Future Financial advisory affiliates Pershing and Lockwood get the thumbs-up for their vision, a smooth transition and high client satisfaction. |
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 May 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Need for Education A preview of the 2008 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Study, a snapshot of the financial advisory business. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Retirement Trouble A recent study, Consumer Wealth, Liquefaction and the Retirement Income Challenge addresses the financial concerns and savings goals of aging baby boomers in the U.S. today. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Climbing A Stairway To Heaven As boomers age and spend their savings, financial advisors will need to adapt their practices. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Evan Simonoff |
Challenging Conventional Wisdom The independent advisory market is changing, perhaps in some surprising ways. |
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. |
Registered Rep. April 5, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Who will Aggregate the Aggregators? New RIA Consortium Advizent Thinks Big Two executives with deep roots in the registered investment advisor industry are looking to aggregate a broad swath of RIAs in the latest effort to squeeze better deals out of custodians and fund managers. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'brien |
Snagging Breakaways Schwab Institutional and Cambridge Investment Research have joined forces to attract financial advisors turning independent. But just how big is the prize? |
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. April 17, 2012 Diana Britton |
Live From Tiburon: Is a Self-Serve Revolution Upon Us? Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, makes the bold prediction that the self-serve channel is booming. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 James J. Green |
Talk to Chuck Schwab the company began as a transaction service, then moved into mutual funds, but Schwab the man believes his greatest legacy was his ability to democratize investing, and to support the notion that people could get their advice from someone who did not have a conflict of interest. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 |
Frontline News News of interest to the financial advisory industry: Fiduciary Network Buys Stake In Brouwer, Janachowski... Morningstar Names Top Fund Managers... Advisors Gather At Tech Show... State Of The Industry... etc. |
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. June 1, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: Crunching the Numbers The industry has come a long way in embracing a fee-based business. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2009 Gerri Leder |
Are the Wirehouses as Broken as the Breakaway Brokers Insist? Wirehouse reps who switched firms have begun to show an increasing willingness to jettison the wirehouse model altogether in favor of independence. |
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. |