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Investment Advisor
May 2009
James J. Green |
For Firms in the United Capital Fold, a New Platform United Capital Financial Advisers has partnered with FundQuest to build a suite of Web-based tools for UCFA advisors and their clients.   |
Registered Rep.
March 24, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
United Capital Buys $170M Advisor Practice Near Philly Just two months after it announced the acquisition of three RIAs with $2.2 billion in combined assets, United Capital said today it has bought another practice, Vantage Point Advisors in the Philadelphia suburb of Lower Gwynedd, Pa. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
United Capital Acquires Dunn Hogerty, More Mergers Ahead United Capital isn't the only one looking to tie the knot. The broader M&A market is picking up, according to Schwab Advisor Services. |
Financial Advisor
February 2008
Jeff Schlegal |
Strategic Moves Mergers and acquisitions activity in the financial advisory industry has accelerated during the past three years, and United Capital Financial Advisers has done its share of deal making. A profile of the Newport Beach, California-based firm. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Donna Mitchell |
M & A: Who's Buying? Forget the dearth of capital afflicting the rest of the financial industry: RIA firms have access to plenty of money for mergers and acquisitions. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
James J. Green |
United We Grow United capital's Joe Duran on the state of advisory firms, and his strategy for acquiring financial advisory firms nationwide. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2012
Bob Veres |
Embracing the Crazy Ideas Take a closer look at the people who abandon well-established business models for the "insane" reason that they want to give their clients something better. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
Joseph Duran A conversation with Joseph Duran, about his firm, United Capital, a national wealth-management firm that purchases regional registered investment advisor firms. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
A Match Made in Equity For financial-advisory practices, holding companies are making a come back after a flawed model forced them out of the market in the late 1990s. Now, new players have emerged and this time they're relying on private equity firms to help keep them in the game. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Eric Rasmussen |
Advisors In A Darwinian World In a more competitive landscape with strained markets, advisors are relearning how to survive. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2013
Matt Ackermann |
United Capital's Joe Duran: Imitating Starbucks The CEO of United Capital plans a nationwide network of planners with a consistent look and feel. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
Bouncing Back Financial Advisor's 2011 RIA survey shows assets and client numbers continuing to bounce back, but growth could be sluggish. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Donna Mitchell |
Aiming Lower Mass-market investors, with their relatively tiny net worth but big growth potential, are attracting increased attention from the financial planning industry. Two major companies have announced forays into this market sector. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
August 18, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Market Turmoil Could Slow Advisor M&A Two industry experts expect merger and acquisition activity involving registered investment advisors will drop this year if the current volatility in the stock market stretches into the coming months. |
Registered Rep.
April 4, 2014
Diana Britton |
Joe Duran's Journey Out of Chaos Joe Duran, the founder of RIA firm United Capital, knows something about keeping risk and fear at bay. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
James J. Green |
Fast Growing RIAs Tied to Breakaway Brokers A new study commissioned by Fidelity Investments of the fastest growing RIA firms found that firms that grew their assets under management by more than 100% over the past three years have a lot of common factors. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Solid as a BlackRock The investment firm reported strong third-quarter earnings. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Donald Jay Korn |
High-Octane Expansion: Hightower Advisors Has a New Growth Plan HighTower has gotten a big boost by working with independents. Can it keep up the momentum? |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Kathleen M. McBride |
The Pulse Quickens Top wealth managers rankings. |
Registered Rep.
March 14, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
The Long Goodbye This year, about 3,200 mid-sized RIAs will say goodbye to the Securities and Exchange Commission, transferring their registration to the states where they do business. |
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Wirehouse Breakaways Eye HighTower Model VWG Wealth Management, with assets of $700 million, is the fifth wirehouse team this year to join HighTower Advisors, a Chicago-based hybrid RIA with national reach and $18 billion in AUM. |
Registered Rep.
January 20, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Wealth Management Has Strong Fourth Quarter At Morgan, BofA Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nor Bank of America ended 2009 with a bang in the earnings department. But their wealth management units were pockets of strength. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Russ Alan Prince |
Rep's Honor Here is how wealth management readily translates into additional assets under management for financial advisers and what they can do reach this target market. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007 |
Frontline News Kochis Fitz To Merge With Quintile... Practicing The Best Practices... United Capital Buys Four Advisory Firms... Herd Mentality Linked With Keeping Up With The Joneses... etc. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 29, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
With Mergers Complete, Banks Turn to Integration Planning The three U.S banks that acquired major institutions in the latest unfolding of the credit crisis said through spokespeople that it's too early to comment on their technical integration plans. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
Surviving The Plunge Amid falling assets and revenue, advisors try to positions themselves for the eventual upturn. |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: The Challenges of Advising the Affluent Advisors need to focus on more than just assets with their very wealthy clients. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
How Many Seats on Your Bus? If a potential client asks you whether your firm is taking on new clients, do you know what to say? Too often RIAs fumble the answer, trying to size up the prospect's net worth on the spot rather than providing a straight answer |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
RIA Interest in Financial Planning Grows, Industry Data Suggests Financial planning activities are playing a growing role in the service offerings of registered investment advisors. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Can't Tell a Book... For all its flaws, Mark Hurley's new treatise, Back to the Future: The Continuing Evolution of the Advisory Business, offers advisors some valuable insights. |
Registered Rep.
August 25, 2008 |
What Is Your Practice Worth? Plenty--If You Are Fee-Based Considering selling all or part of your book? Buyers don't seem to care about a business model, they are only interested in the present and future revenue streams. |
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Wells Fargo, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch announce personnel news. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Bob Veres |
The Wrong Question Does size matter in the planning profession? Is an advisor with lots of assets under management more important than one with less? |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011 |
Who's News Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Wells Fargo advisor Adam Gurien... Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired a team of Wells Fargo Advisors...Raymond James & Associates hires three advisors in Hingham, Mass... more... |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
M. Ivanova & L. Klash |
Small Is Beautiful One-size practice management doesn't fit all, as the most profitable firms know well. Many smaller firms can, and do, enjoy a great deal of success without reaching the lofty AUM goals that have become the industry standard. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Growing RIAs A new study from Fidelity Investments found that registered investment advisory firms have grown their assets under management an average of 55% over the past three years. |
Registered Rep.
July 11, 2011
Diana Britton |
BCG: RIA Channel Poses Opportunity, Challenge for Asset Managers Given its size and growth, the registered investment advisor channel is a critical market for asset management firms who want to grow, but the fragmentation of the RIA market also poses a challenge for asset managers. |
