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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.
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. 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.
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.
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 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 February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms.
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 Planning June 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	Dueling Platforms As the major custodians enhance their technology offerings for registered investment advisers, they're all seeking a competitive edge.
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.
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?
Financial Advisor September 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Key Role Custodians are upping their technology offerings to RIAs.
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.
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.
Financial Advisor April 2004 Joel Bruckenstein	TD Waterhouse Comes Of Age Service and technology drive the custodian's success.
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Jeanne Lee	Fidelity Ups Its Game The Boston behemoth is introducing new, integrated technology that promises practice management nirvana. Will it captivate -- and capture -- the RIA market?
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 Advisor January 2011 Andrew Gluck	A Game Changer TD Ameritrade becomes the first major custodian to open its database so it can integrate with virtually any software firm supporting RIAs.
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein	The Lab As custodians battle for the hearts and minds of advisors in the years ahead, Fidelity possesses a weapon that no other firm can currently match: The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, known as FCAT.
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 December 2006 Andrew Gluck	PMS Gridlock Portfolio management software is the heart of an advisory practice -- so why are there so few options? (Hint: look in the mirror.)
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 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.
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 October 2005 Andrew Gluck	The Gluck Report, Part II: Happy Ending for IDS? CheckFree buys IDS, but can't clarify whether IDS's portfolio reporting system will continue to play a central role in Fidelity's RIA platform. This episode highlights the unpredictable nature of many of the companies independent advisors rely on for technology and other services.
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 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.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Andrew Gluck	The Gluck Report, Part I: A Cautionary Tech Tale Integrated Decision Systems, a portfolio management and accounting software company that set a new standard for RIAs and was chosen by Fidelity Investments as the centerpiece of its new integrated advisor platform, has unraveled and its survival is in question.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Fidelity's Silver Bullet If WealthCentral meets expectations, it will create significant efficiencies and cost savings for those who take full advantage of it. If Fidelity can pull it off, it will leapfrog the technology offerings of other custodians, as well as those of independent providers, by a significant margin.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Andrew Gluck	The Gluck Report, Part I: Second Act A Techfi pioneer returns with new portfolio management software: although Rob Major has some work to do over the next year or two to make AssetBook a viable competitor, there's a good chance he can overcome the hurdles.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2010 Kristen French	Fidelity Makes Trade Pricing Uniform For RIA And Retail Clients Fidelity's RIA custody division, Institutional Wealth Services, said it was cutting fees for U.S. equity and options trades. It also began offering commission-free online trades for its iShares ETFs and Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index Tracking Fund.
Financial Advisor December 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Schwab's New View Schwab unveils its turnkey solution to integrate systems in advisors' offices.
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.
Registered Rep. June 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Cuts Some Fees for 2009 In an effort to ease the financial pain of its registered investment advisors, Charles Schwab has announced a series of initiatives that will save them money.
Financial Advisor September 2009 Andrew Gluck	Trimming The Sails Schwab Institutional and Albridge up the ante and upgrade their platforms to boost advisor efficiency.
Financial Advisor April 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Productivity Punch Trade PMR, a lesser-known custodian, is getting more attention from advisors, partly because of its standout custody platform.
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.
Investment Advisor April 2006 Andrew Gluck	Your Best Partners More and more, financial advisors are using technology tools to offer additional services and become more efficient.
Financial Advisor September 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Portfolio Management Software: What is Next Fidelity and Integrated Decision Systems (IDS) expect to begin offering a comprehensive, highly sophisticated institutional portfolio management, reporting and order generation system platform for advisors before the end of this year.
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 January 2006 Andrew Gluck	The Gluck Report, Part I: Watch This One Start-up Trust Company of America is challenging the big custodians and is going after a very specific segment of the RIA business. The company has also just unveiled a technology platform the rivals Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse.
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 Advisor March 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein	The Commonwealth Way This independent broker-dealer has made great strides in integrating technology systems into its advisory platform.
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 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.
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.