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Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable.
Registered Rep. June 29, 2010 Halah Touryalai	The New Sheriffs In Town The SEC examines about 9 percent of the 11,000 or so advisory firms under its jurisdiction annually. All of that is about to change with a little help from regulators at the state level.
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.
Investment Advisor May 2010 David Tittsworth	What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association.
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Thomas D. Giachetti	Dodd-Frank: An Overview Of Pending Changes For Investment Advisors Dodd-Frank deadlines are fast approaching. Are you ready?
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. 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 February 1, 2012 John F. Wasik	State of Regulation As states take over regulation of RIAs with up to $100 million in assets under management, many firm owners are wondering if the transition will prove difficult.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients.
Registered Rep. November 16, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Tardy Advisors Get a Reprieve Mid-sized RIAs who are behind on switching their registration from federal to state jurisdictions now have until Dec. 17 to get caught up.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Anne Field	The Metamorphosis If you are ready to go out on your own as a registered investment advisor, you're likely to encounter a host of tricky problems and stumbling blocks. Here's a look at five of those problems and what you can do about them.
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Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck	Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.
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. July 7, 2010 David A. Geracioti	Compensation 2010. Crisis? What Crisis? 2009 income for RIAs -- while lower than 2008, in some cases by a lot -- rebounded fairly nicely, bringing earnings back to 2007 levels.
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.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Here, There and Everywhere Dually registered advisors (advisors who are registered with both the SEC and the NASD, and are collecting both fees and commissions) have the best -- and worst -- of both worlds. However, a new study shows when implemented properly, the hybrid model can be very profitable.
Financial Advisor October 2010 Andrew Gluck	Pulling The Switch Are state regulators ready to assume oversight of some 4,200 RIAs?
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 Advisor November 2009	Frontline News Advisor News: Poll on advisor pay... Citi Embracing Fee-Only Model... RIAs Set Record For Repurchasing Their Firms... FINRA Expands Arbitration Pilot Program... SEC Expects To Examine 9% Of RIAs Annually... more...
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Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 Thomas D. Giachetti	From Deadlines to Lifelines The SEC extension of registration deadlines provides a potential grace period for stressed out advisors.
Investment Advisor April 11, 2011 Melanie Waddell	SEC to Meet Dodd-Frank's July Deadline on 'Switch,' Private Fund, Venture Fund Advisors While final rules will be out by July 21, SEC will give advisors more time to comply
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. July 8, 2015 Jerry Gleeson	The New Sheriffs In 2012, more than 2,000 RIA firms who had only known the regulatory scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission were transitioned over to the Wild West of state securities regulators.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Jeff Joseph	Hedge Fund Focus: RIAs Turning to Alternatives A more hands-on approach to investments is being taken by registered investment advisors, including the use of alternative products, according to a new survey.
On Wall Street February 1, 2013 Kenneth Corbin	Regulatory Forecast Bodes Change Advisors could see talks on oversight and a fiduciary standard move forward this year.
Registered Rep. June 29, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Tibergien: Selling Your Practice? Offer a Growth Story Too many advisors see successful practice planning as a career endgame that allows them to sell and move on. That's the wrong way to look at it, says Mark Tibergien.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways.
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.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Will the SEC Appeal? Hedge fund advisor registration has been an extremely contentious issue. Some feel there will be grave consequences for the SEC and the investing public should the House bill requiring registration be shot down.
Financial Advisor November 2010 David Lawrence	Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers?
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Taking Care of Business A survey this year by REP./Wealth Management.com shows how RIA attitudes differ from those among advisors in other channels.
Financial Advisor July 2009 Sherri Scordo	Compliance Concerns There's a lot of buzz these days about potential changes in compliance rules and the impact on advisors.
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.
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 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.
Investment Advisor September 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti	The Compliance Coach: Will the SEC Ever Learn? Don't Count On It Get ready for new custody and ADV rules, and the $100 million threshold.
Registered Rep. December 20, 2010 Diana Britton	RIAs Reinvesting in Their Firms Despite Economic Uncertainty Forty-six percent said they are optimistic about the direction of the economy, up 30 percent from last quarter.
Financial Advisor August 2009 Eric Rasmussen	Wish Upon An 'IAR' RIA or IAR? Registered investment advisor or independent advisor representative; the anagram you choose will depend on how big you are and how independent you want to be.
Registered Rep. March 10, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	New RIA Custody Rules In Force Friday New rules aimed at preventing registered investment advisors from pulling off ponzi schemes are now in effect.
Registered Rep. October 13, 2010 Charles Paikert	SEC Family Office Ruling Set to Open Doors for RIAs to Gather Assets RIAs can benefit from family offices' inclination to gravitate to smaller, boutique firms, as opposed to working with impersonal financial behemoths.
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.