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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.
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 February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms.
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 June 2007 Joel Bruckenstein	Custodians Lend A Hand The large custodial firms are ramping up their technology assistance for advisors.
Financial Advisor March 2006	Frontline News AST Trust Purchases Capital Trust Co. Of Delaware... Intuit Poised To Release PortfolioMinder... Financial Advisor Plans Top RIA Ranking... Morningstar Workstation Available At TD Ameritrade... Rule Is `First Step'... etc.
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 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.
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Joel Bruckenstein	Technology Survey 2010 With the renewed interest and investment in advisor technology, we expect to see further gains next year. It is a slow process, but as an industry we are becoming more technologically proficient.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding.
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Joel Bruckenstein	Custodian as Consultant TD Ameritrade's Solutions Consulting Group helps advisors make use of TD's technology -- while running their practices more effectively.
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 Joel Bruckenstein	Tech Survey From iPads to Androids to cloud providers, technology evolves oh-so-fast, and FP's annual tech survey reveals that advisor technology usage is changing rapidly too.
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.
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.
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Kristen French	The Referral Challenge TD Waterhouse is betting that a referral program modeled on Schwab's highly successful system will help it hold on to high-net-worth clients.
Financial Advisor May 2006 David L. Lawrence	Integrated Advisor Platforms Software can help financial advisors with the one-stop-shop approach.
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.
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.
Financial Advisor September 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Key Role Custodians are upping their technology offerings to RIAs.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Waiting for "Intelligent Integration" This spring, Schwab Advisor Services announced the launch of "Project C"-an ambitious technology initiative designed to deliver high-quality, integrated solutions to advisors.
Registered Rep. May 26, 2005 John Churchill	Online Brokerages Bickering TD Waterhouse avoided a lawsuit from Charles Schwab yesterday by issuing a public apology for a negative portrayal of the firm in its ads.
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. 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.
Investment Advisor April 2010 James J. Green	Navigator For years, Dan Skiles has steered advisors through the tech rocks to business safe harbors. As IA's new technology coach, he'll be your guide to the future.
Financial Advisor November 2007 David J. Drucker	In The Land Of Giants If a smaller custodian comes along that can successfully execute a platform of services advisors can't get from Schwab, Fidelity or TD Ameritrade, it's going to find a place with advisors.
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Going for Growth As RIAs gear up to grow their practices this year, they are doing more than scooping up unhappy wirehouse clients. They have identified three major strategies: increase spending on marketing, more technology, and improve client service.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2004 Tom Taulli	Waterhouse Jilted So far, no one wants to meet the terms for a TD Waterhouse deal.
Registered Rep. February 17, 2012 Timothy D. Welsh	Live From Dallas: Mobile Apps, Cloud Computing and Integration - Key Themes at Tech Conference for Rias I work with many of the technology companies that support independent RIAs and will be blogging about what's hot in advisor tech, industry trends, and what the influencers are saying.
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 Planning August 1, 2007 Dave Lindorff	The Trouble at TD Its board is in turmoil and its advisors are up in arms. Why TD Ameritrade is feeling the heat.
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.
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Joel Bruckenstein	2009 Software and Technology Survey Welcome to Financial Planning's third annual technology survey, which takes a look at technology trends in financial advisory firms.
Financial Advisor May 2011 Drucker & Davis	Lean On Me Custodians have ramped up the services they offer to registered investment advisors.
Registered Rep. June 23, 2005 Kristen French	Ameritrade Deal Creates a Stronger Competitor in the Advisory Business Ameritrade will acquire TD Waterhouse rather than accept a takeover offer from E*Trade.
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.
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld	TD Ameritrade's Good Deal The merger of the two online broker-dealers will transform the new firm into a top contender.
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Joel Bruckenstein	Financial Planning 2012 Tech Survey The readers of Financial Planning evaluate the software, hardware, mobile devices and advisory platforms that planners use most.
Registered Rep. September 28, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Custodians Seek Integrated Solutions To FAs' Tech Needs As custodians compete to draw advisors into the fold, they often tout the superior quality of their technology.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007	Letters Thinking Outside the Quadrant... More Feedback on TD...
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 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.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Questions to Ask Your Broker You may be surprised at how your broker makes his money. Here are some important questions to ask your broker or financial advisor, as not all financial professionals operate by the same rules.
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Joel Bruckenstein	What's Next for Technology This is a time of creativity and evolution in technology, and advisor technology is no exception. As a result, RIA firms can make changes to their infrastructure and in the process create new efficiencies while actually lowering operating costs.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	When Brokers Bite Back Schwab is suing TD Waterhouse for running ads that it claims are deceptive, misleading, and false, but the whole industry may enjoy the legal spotlight.
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green	News: A Sense of Resolve? Among RIAs and broker/dealers, the need to move ahead trumps market uncertainty.
Financial Advisor September 2006 Joel Bruckenstein	Technology Roundup Upgraded versions of Junxure-i and Workstation Office offer new capabilities and opportunities... Advisor Workstation Office Portfolio Accounting System... Advent... etc.
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?
Financial Advisor February 2007	Frontline News Schwab Offering Loans To RIAs Going Independent... TD Ameritrade Purchases iRebal... Suitability Standards For DPPs Could Rise... N.J. Firm Was B-D's Biggest Catch In '06... etc.
Financial Advisor May 2007 Eric Rasmussen	What's New At The Custodian Custodians are continuing to offer new services for fee-only planners in their efforts to woo RIAs.
Investment Advisor November 2005	Editor's Note: Putting Women in Their Place Women are different than men, but that difference doesn't equate to inequality of intelligence or leadership or temperament. The financial advisor community should feel good about being on the leading edge of accepting these truths.