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Registered Rep. September 13, 2012 Diana Britton	The Newest Threat to Asset Managers: The Wirehouses Global asset management revenue remains on the same downward trend since 2007, but there's a new threat to their profitability -- the wirehouses.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients.
Registered Rep. July 20, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Consultant: Profit Growth Poses New Challenges for Asset Managers Cutting costs can be quick and easy, but it isn't a guarantee that asset managers can grow profitability, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group.
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.
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	White Paper While the asset management industry remains highly profitable overall, five key challenges are putting pressure on firms.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Don't Fear Your Fees RIAs are loathe to increase rates, believing it alienates clients. But industry insiders say advisors have more juice than they suspect. Here's how to get a raise.
Registered Rep. June 9, 2014 Megan Leonhardt	Costs Weigh Down U.S. Wealth Business U.S. and Canadian brokerages continued to have the most cost-intensive wealth management model, leading to relatively flat profit levels.
Registered Rep. July 7, 2010 David A. Geracioti	Compensation 2010. Crisis? What Crisis? 2009 income for RIAs -- while lower than 2008, in some cases by a lot -- rebounded fairly nicely, bringing earnings back to 2007 levels.
Registered Rep. September 16, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	RIA Interest in Financial Planning Grows, Industry Data Suggests Financial planning activities are playing a growing role in the service offerings of registered investment advisors.
Registered Rep. June 4, 2013 Diana Britton	Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends?
Registered Rep. May 31, 2011 Charles Paikert	Wealth Management Business Booming, but Pricing Practices Questioned Questions arise from a widely anticipated new study from The Boston Consulting Group released yesterday.
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.
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 J. Scott Slater	On Beyond AUM More advisors should look to drive additional revenue from charging separate fees for value-added services.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Maya Ivanova	A Decade of Evolution Advisory practices make gains, but still face challenges
Registered Rep. October 8, 2014 Diana Britton	Are Advisors Disillusioned with Alternatives? According to WealthManagement.com's 2014 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend Report, fewer RIAs are using alternatives in their client portfolios this year than last.
Financial Advisor July 2008 Rebecca Pomering	When Is The Price Right? To answer the question -- how much, or equally important, in what way should an advisor be charging -- one has to understand a number of things about an advisor's practice.
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 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 April 2005 David L. Lawrence	Linking Client Profitability To Client Acquisition Goals The kind of financial advisory practice you operate will determine the type of client you seek.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Mary Rowland	Tough Test An entrepreneur evaluates advisors for the wealthy. These families now have a "search firm" to perform due diligence on advisors and help the families find exactly the right one.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Women Investors Want More From Advisors, Report Finds A new survey by Boston Consulting Group that addressed the global wealth of women found a common complaint -- although women's cut of global wealth is growing, the service they get from financial advisors is not equal to that offered to men.
Registered Rep. July 5, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	When Advisors Add Value, Pricing Power Follows Advisors who want to charge more for their services have to differentiate themselves from their competitors.
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Patrick Sweeny	How to Talk About Your Fees Clients deserve straight answers on the ways they pay for your services.
Investment Advisor November 2009 James J. Green	Numerology: Fewer Assets, More Advisors Total assets managed by investment advisors shrank in 2008 but the number of SEC-registered investment advisors increased.
Registered Rep. September 24, 2014 Jerry Gleeson	Custodian Castoffs Scottrade won't comment on the number of advisors it culled last summer, but other custodians say they've seen a sharp increase in the number of former Scottrade advisors who are now looking for a new home.
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Surviving The Plunge Amid falling assets and revenue, advisors try to positions themselves for the eventual upturn.
Financial Advisor May 2012 Karen DeMasters	Advisors Often Work Against Clients' Interests, Study Says Financial advisors often work against their clients' interests if it means earning more in fees, according to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Financial Advisor November 2007 Tracey Longo	Is Your Price Right? A select group of advisors are significantly increasing their planning fees. Here's the lowdown on unbundling and how your pricing helps or hurts your firm.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: The Price of Everything... If you're not adding profit into what each financial advisory client costs, you're losing money. Advisors who use a combination of performance fees tied to assets and a retainer tied to more complex planning are able to consistently demonstrate their value.
Financial Advisor June 2012 Jim McConville	Advisor Groups Renew Challenge To Finra's SRO Cost Estimates A coalition of financial advisor industry groups last month resumed its assault on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's cost estimates for creating a self-regulatory organization to review investment advisors.
Registered Rep. September 15, 2014	Services Offered By Advisors in 2014 - Internal vs. Outsourced Most offered standard advisor functions, such as basic investment advice, investment management, financial planning and retirement planning, but there was a split on estate, insurance and charitable giving planning.
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. 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 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 Advisor July 2011 Bernie Clark	A Record Year For RIAs Discipline both on the expense and client care sides has created sound business practices for an evolving RIA industry.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Gail Liberman	War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Fido's RIA Unit Cuts Fees The average financial advisor has taken a big hit in production and therefore net income. But RIA custodians are turning that into something of a marketing tool.
Registered Rep. August 8, 2013 Diana Britton	Advisors Pick Winning Funds: Skill or Statistical Noise? A new study says advisors are better at predicting future fund winners, but is it skill or statistical noise?
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them.
Registered Rep. June 3, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: How Advisors Stack Up Advisors whose business mix leans more toward fees make almost twice as much as those who still lean heavily toward commissions, according to data collected in WealthManagement.com's compensation survey.
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo	Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be.
Registered Rep. March 28, 2003 Ross Tucker	RIAs Lower Fees, Pull In More Clients Poor market conditions and the resulting competitive environment forced Registered Investment Advisors to lower fees in 2002, according to a survey.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell	Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Maya Ivanova	Listen Up Financial advisory firms are demonstrating their ability to weather the tough times of the last few years. But to continue their profitability in the future, they need to make client service a priority.
Registered Rep. October 18, 2011 Kristen French	BofA Posts Pop in Q3 Profit, Higher Wealth Management Asset Fees, Net Gain of 475 FAs Bank of America's earnings shot up to $6.2 billion in the third quarter, versus a net loss of $7.3 billion in the year ago period.
Registered Rep. May 13, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Wall Street Squeezes Small Brokers, Many Go Independent In this brutal market, many advisors are taking payout cuts or being let go. But many of these advisors are finding homes at independent and regional b/ds and RIA firms.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Anne Field	Compensation Alternatives For advisors targeting younger clients, an AUM-based fee doesn't make much sense, and increasingly high-net-worth clients suspect they are not getting their money's worth.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Bob Clark	The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings.
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.