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Financial Advisor
September 2005
Raymond Fazzi |
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market.   |
Financial Advisor
April 2007
Tracey Longo |
Getting A Share Of Trust Assets Trust assets are up for grabs and often are there for the asking, provided financial advisors know the right questions to ask. |
Investment Advisor
January 2007
Bob Clark |
The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings. |
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
September 2007
Tracey Longo |
Demand For Trusts Explodes Growing sophistication and complexity in people's lives, along with escalating wealth and an aging population, make trusts a necessity for a far wider swath of the U.S. population these days. |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Cathleen M. Clauson |
Unlocking Opportunity Trusts are a good way for advisors to expand their businesses. Here's why. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
Now and Then When it comes to plowing through the complexities that are associated with retirement planning, advisors need all the help they can get. Fidelity looks ahead to dominate retirement planning now. |
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
May 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
Busting Into Trusts Personal trust assets are moving out of the longstanding grip of bank trust departments. It's the independent RIAs' game to lose if they don't step up. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011
Matthew J. Lynch |
Team With Rivals To Better Serve Trust Clients As the financial services industry continues to grow more complex with increasing numbers of new business models, a surprising new niche has opened, allowing traditional rivals-financial advisors and trust companies-to work together. |
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Raymond Fazzi |
Taking Trust Services To The Limit Some advisors have built a strategy on making a complete transition from registered investment advisor (RIA) to trust company. |
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
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
James J. Green |
Further Integration at Fidelity Registered independent advisors and broker/dealer arms at Fidelity announce a joint program. |
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 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. |
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.
July 23, 2003
Nigel Goodman |
Servicing Your HNWs A recent Fidelity Investments survey shows that affluent clients will still replace their advisors if they are not meeting portfolio goals. Predictably, the survey encourages advisors to become more attentive to the needs of their affluent clients. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
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 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. |
Registered Rep.
October 25, 2010
Charles Paikert |
Fidelity Targets RIAs with UHNW Clients In an effort to attract more financial advisors who have -- or would like to have -- ultra-high-net-worth clients, Fidelity Investments is offering them the same high-end services it offers to family offices. |
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
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 8, 2013
Diana Britton |
Moving on Up: Go Independent and Make More $ Advisors who switched firms saw a jump in their compensation, especially among those who went independent. |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Tracey Longo |
Laws Of Attraction A firm's ability to navigate trusts can be their calling-card to attract high-net-worth clients. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Bernie Clark |
The RIA Universe Advisors should look not just at their own internal business practices but also at the changes and trends occurring across the RIA field. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
James J. Green |
Fidelity Cuts Costs on Technology, Trading Fidelity Institutional announced a range of price cuts and time-bounded fee waivers for advisors who custody client assets at Fidelity. |
Financial Advisor
July 2007
Tracey Longo |
The Big Picture Clearing firms stake their future on helping financial advisors' businesses grow. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Tracey Longo |
There For The Asking? Some agree banks' loss of investors' trust assets is a financial advisor's gain. Now, for that marketing plan. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Millionaires Ahoy! Independent advisors who are looking to snag more millionaire clients should focus their efforts on prospects who do not already have a registered investment advisor, according to a new study by Fidelity Investments. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2011
Diana Britton |
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Striking While the Iron Is Hot Under the direction of Ron Fiske, Fidelity's HybridOne platform aims to serve the booming dually registered market. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Fidelity offers dual business platform... Symetra offers guaranteed retirement income... Pershing launches trust network... Arrow offers DWA tactical fund... KBS opens REIT investment... New generation of Laserfiche available... |
Registered Rep.
April 7, 2011
Kristen French |
Switching To Independent Model Keeps Up Pace Migration to the independent financial advisor model -- independent b/ds and RIAs -- is likely to continue unabated in 2011. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Donna Mitchell |
Roame on RIAs Conversations about change in the registered investment advisory space are constant these days, thanks to volatile markets, new products and demographic shifts. What sort of future will these changes create for the industry? |
Financial Advisor
July 2005 |
Frontline News Advisors Who Market Their Business Do Better, Study Finds... New Pershing Unit To Work With RIAs... FPA Members Strongly Favor Social Security Reform... Economy Tops Terror As Chief Fear Of Affluent, Survey Says... etc. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005 |
60 Seconds with Bill Carey (Head of Fidelity's RIA group) The former president of Fidelity's institutional retirement business and a 12-year veteran of the firm talks about his plans for the advisory unit and the challenges confronting advisors. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Pershing Pushing For RIA Business Pershing LLC is aggressively pursuing opportunities in the registered investment advisor (RIA) market segment, and has renamed its key advisor support group as part this new push, company officials said. |
Financial Advisor
August 2, 2010 |
Advisor Emporium New Products: Fidelity Launches New Resource... Schwab Rolls Out Reporting Tool... Putnam Funds Top $2 Billion... New Investment Entity Created... MarketCounsel Creates Virtual Vault... Securities America Launches Tools... |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Lavine & Liberman |
Uncertain Future The Fidelity Executive Forum raises issues about where the money management industry is headed. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007
Andy Gluck |
What The Tech Deals Mean To You Nearly a decade since the first Internet applications for advisors appeared, we are seeing their adoption and acceptance in all corners of the industry. What does it mean now? |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005 |
13 Percent Percentage of advisors who say they have switched to a wealth management model. |
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. |
