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Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Mindy Diamond	Lost In Translation Different languages: How communication gaps can kill recruiting for advisory firms.
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. 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.
Registered Rep. March 22, 2013 Mindy Diamond	Of Myths and Moving: Part IV When it comes to preconceived notions about the wirehouse world and independence, many advisors have it all wrong. Here are the five most common myths advisors have today.
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.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2010 Charles Paikert	Schwab's Advisor Services Results Beg the Question: Has the Breakaway Brokerage Phenomenon Peaked? Has the great diaspora of breakaway brokers to Independence Land -- either independent b/ds or RIAs -- climaxed?
Financial Advisor March 2012	Wirehouses Still King Of The Hill Despite headlines about breakaway brokers and the ascendency of the independent, fee-based advisory model, the Big Four wirehouses are still holding their own.
Registered Rep. November 26, 2012 Mindy Diamond	Advisors Sober Up For 2013 While the trend toward independence slowed a bit from previous years, 2012 was the year the independent channel legitimized its place next to the more traditional players.
Registered Rep. November 21, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Why Wirehouse FAs Pass on the RIA Path Independence is appealing to a growing number of wirehouse advisors, but the RIA route clearly has some challenges for most of them.
Financial Advisor January 2008 Tracey Longo	Breakaway Brokers Despite being in business a shorter amount of time than the average advisor, breakaways have more assets under management, higher total revenues and a significantly higher growth rate.
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. November 13, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Despite Volatility, Advisor Confidence High The market volatility in the third quarter wasn't enough to shake advisor optimism.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	RIAs on the Recruiting Warpath: LPL's Morristown Financial Recruits 70 in 2010 Investors will refer their family and friends to their advisor if they're satisfied with the service. For financial practices that seek to recruit advisors, the game plays by much the same rules.
Registered Rep. April 16, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab RIA Unit Sees "Consistent" Growth Schwab Advisor Services is signing up advisor assets at a pace that tracks its historical average.
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.
Investment Advisor October 2009 James J. Green	More on Migration Cerulli Associates estimates that $800 billion will be moving as advisors change firms.
Registered Rep. February 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers.
Investment Advisor December 2005 Melanie Waddell	Breaking Away Brokers are finding it easier than ever to go independent, aided by custodians and other independent advisors.
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. 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.
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Talent Shortage Grips Firms As Financial Advisors Age After years of recruiting only established, top advisors in the so-called "war for talent" instead of hiring younger employees and training them, the industry is now facing a shortage.
Registered Rep. August 5, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Poll: Clients Love Breakaway Wirehouse Brokers Breakaway wirehouse advisors never walk alone. A new report by Aite Group on the independence movement shows that reps from the big houses demonstrate superior client retention when they leave their employers.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2011 Diana Britton	America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business.
Registered Rep. June 28, 2013 Diana Britton	60 seconds with Scott Collins We asked the Director of Advisor Transitions for TD Ameritrade Institutional what can we expect to change in advisor recruiting going forward?
Registered Rep. June 18, 2014 Matt Oechsli	Building a Multigenerational Wealth Management Team The most common exit strategy for a veteran advisor getting ready to retire is to sell his or her book according to the guidelines established either by their firm or industry valuations standards.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Who's Planning? A study by Boston-based AiteGroup found that only 18% of independent advisors make financial planning the center of their practice.
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.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Failing at Succession? Cerulli Associates estimates that nearly 60 percent of advisors who are within five years of retiring expect to sell their business to an unidentified buyer. Five years is not enough time.
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca	Soft Landing Most Wall Street refugees are taking measured steps toward independence by joining an independent broker/dealer, rather than launching a registered investment advisory practice on their own.
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Advisor Pulse Advisor, advise thyself! A recent survey finds that most advisors did not understand the market value of their business or have a succession plan.
Registered Rep. February 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	It's a Tough Route for Younger Advisors Anew report by Charles Schwab, which shows that advisors under the age of 40 are more likely than their older peers to feel pressure to grow their book of business, or to focus on selling proprietary products.
Investment Advisor November 18, 2010 Bob Clark	After the Flood How will independent advisors deal with the rising tide of breakaway brokers?
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.
Registered Rep. March 12, 2010 Mindy Diamond	Break Back Brokers Over the last six months, an interesting reverse shift is occurring: the RIA or independent b/d advisor who wants to return to (or go to for the first time) a wirehouse firm.
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.
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.
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj	The Wirehouse Way While the lure of independence has traditionally been viewed as the ultimate siren song for many advisors, many in the industry are finding good reasons to stay with the big companies. And it's not all about the money.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Deborah Doyle McWhinney	Independents' Day As investment advisors become more popular and profitable, they must find new ways to keep ahead of the competition.
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. December 21, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	Looking Back, 2012 A Mixed Bag For Wirehouses Assets mostly were up, but advisors are on the move.
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.
Financial Planning June 1, 2013 Ann Marsh	FP50: Big IBDs Hit a Speed Bump Is the boom over? After years of double-digit growth, independent broker-dealers hit a rough patch in 2012. We report from the front lines of the FP50.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. January 3, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raiders of the Wirehouse Ark The emergence of HighTower as a major player in the independent space also dovetails with the changes that have shaken the wirehouse industry since the 2008 financial crash.
On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine	The Battle For Super Star Advisors: Can It Be Sustained? The raucous bidding war for talent has been raging even as the industry reels from the financial crisis, leaving the casual observer to think 2010 should result in a cease fire.
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	Flying Solo If some advisors are committed to going it alone and maintaining their independence in the fullest sense of the word, industry observers say they will have to implement smart planning for their own practices.