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Registered Rep.
January 25, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
LPL's New RIA Platform Rakes in Assets Since launching the platform in October 2008 through the end of 2009, the firm gathered $7.3 billion in assets.   |
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.
October 8, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
Breakaway Advisors Moving More to Existing RIAs More advisors are looking to leave the wirehouses and brokerages by joining an existing registered investment advisory firm, rather than starting their own. |
Registered Rep.
February 13, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Joseph R. Biondo |
The IA Soapbox: First, Focus on the Client For an investment advisor, developing your unique best practices distinctly separates the independent firm from the traditional, non-independent firm. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
James J. Green |
RIA Growth at LPL The biggest independent broker/dealer is growing rapidly in another way: as a custodian for advisors that use LPL Financial as the custodian for their RIA activities. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse The registered investment advisor market continues to add assets at a hefty rate. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
December 2, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
RIA Consolidators Going After Wirehouse Reps RIA holding companies are opening their arms to welcome wirehouse advisors, but only the cream of the crop: those who have significant assets under management and heavily fee-based books. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Donna Mitchell |
Who's Afraid of Social Media? Social media compliance is a subject that elicits a range of reactions from planners, from groans to cautious, curious questions. |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
James J. Green |
Making the Connection: Communicating with Clients in Uncertain Times A panel of three top RIAs explains how they communicate with their clients in good times and bad, with a focus on the fiduciary issue |
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.
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
James J. Green |
Catching Up With... Catching Up With Tom Bradley |
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 2010
John Sullivan |
Tom Bradley's Vision for the Future The head of TD Ameritrade Institutional looks back on 25 years with the company, and speaks frankly about the keys for future advisor success |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012 |
Women Advisors Forum/Boston: Upgrade Your Practice If you're a woman with an advisory career - either at an RIA, a wirehouse, a regional brokerage or a bank - this forum is your opportunity to rub elbows with other high-ranking women advisors. |
Registered Rep.
December 7, 2011
Philip Palaveev |
The Say on Pay: Registered Rep.'s 2011 Compensation Survey Financial advisors continue to expand their practices, work with more clients and receive ample compensation for their efforts. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away. |
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.
October 24, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
The New New RIA Model: Sharing Back Offices The barriers to going independent are shrinking. Don't believe it? Check out Mraz, Amerine & Hirschler & Associates, a firm launched by three wirehouse advisors who left Morgan Stanley earlier this month with $400 million in client assets. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris |
Confusion Reigns Among Wirehouse Advisors On The Fiduciary Issue With all the frenzy over the call for a universal fiduciary standard for all financial and investment advisors, it appears that those in the wirehouses don't really understand the debate. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Nick Georgis |
Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 6, 2014
Diana Britton |
Independent Channels Continue to Steal from Wirehouses RIA and dually registered advisory channels will grow their share of the advised assets to 26 percent by 2016, according to a report by Cerulli Associates. That growth will largely come at the expense of the wirehouse channel. |
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 23, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Compensation Key To Breakaway Recruiting Pitch RIA principals and consultants discuss strategies for wooing and hiring advisors from various different kinds of firms. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Philip Palaveev |
B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong. |
Registered Rep.
February 18, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
LPL's New RIA Offering Lookin' Healthy; But Still A Pipsqueak Compared To Rivals There are some folks in the industry actually doing relatively well these days. Seriously. LPL Financial said today its new-ish RIA platform now has over $1 billion in new assets. |
Registered Rep.
October 5, 2009
Kristen French |
Citi Bank Brokerage Converts To All Fees Citigroup announced that it would convert its small North American bank brokerage business completely to a fee-on-assets-based fiduciary advice system, and would stop collecting commissions on stock and fund sales. |
Registered Rep.
November 20, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Schwab Survey Shows Many FAs at Big Firms Disgruntled (Surprise!) Obviously, the dramatic upheaval that changed the landscape of Wall Street is having some negative effect on advisors at major firms. |
Financial Advisor
July 2010
Bernie Clark |
Gunning For Growth RIA firms estimate that they'll see 15% revenue growth this year. An emphasis on efficiency will free principals to go after new business again. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Kelli Cruz |
Walk On The trend of wirehouse advisors joining the independent RIA channel has ramped up significantly in the last several years, and is only increasing in the wake of Wall Street's epic meltdown. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2011
Matt Lynch |
Fiduciary Freedom The growing voice of financial advisors demanding to be emancipated from the artificial limitations placed on them by outdated broker-dealers is finally being heard. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2013
Rachel F. Elson |
Mark Tibergien Wants Your Assets. Here's What He's Offering Mark Tibergien, CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, wants to custody more client assets. Here s what he s offering in return. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Callahan & Malo |
Hybrid Chic A trend toward hybrids in the financial services industry is emerging. Increasingly, firms, advisors and brokers are establishing practices that manage both commission -- and fee-based businesses. |
Registered Rep.
February 14, 2012
Diana Britton |
Yield of Dreams: IBD's Biggest Competition Might be a Custodian As margins continue to be squeezed, IBDs are going to have to get creative with where their revenues comes from, and that means expanding into the RIA and custody market. The question is, who'll make the next move? |
Registered Rep.
September 24, 2013
Mindy Diamond |
Peeking Over the Fence Is the grass really greener -- and growing faster -- on the other side? Many advisors don't know how limited they are in their growth until they start exploring other options. |
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Parks & Paris |
IA Soapbox: Why We Went RIA In the RIA model, compliance issues serve to remind us that we are on the same side of the table as our client, and that staying compliant will help us forge together a long-lasting relationship. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Evan Simonoff |
M&A Game Changer Leading custodians in the RIA space are offering acquisition financing to firms that do business with them. |
Registered Rep.
July 16, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Schwab Profits Down for Q2 But Keeps Adding Breakaway Brokers Charles Schwab reported that its second quarter profit fell 31 percent, thanks to low interest rates and soft capital markets, but in the meantime the company has added 74 breakaway advisors to its RIA platform. |
Registered Rep.
July 27, 2011
Diana Britton |
LPL Posts Record Revenues, Asset Levels; Adds 100 Reps LPL Financial reported record revenues in the second quarter of $894 million, a 13.1 percent gain. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks Or a funny thing happened on the way to The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: Intelligent Advisor The survey covers over 360 registered investment advisors. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
James J. Green |
Catching up with...Deb McWhinney A conversation with Schwab's former institutional president, on her new position with Focus Financial Partners. |
Registered Rep.
September 22, 2008
John Churchill |
Wall Street's Pain Is RIAs' Gain: Reps Flee Wirehouses, Bring Assets to Fido And Others Despite the still-outsized signing bonuses offered by most Wall Street firms, the steady trickle of brokers leaving wirehouse firms to join or form their own RIA firms is growing. |
