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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.   |
Registered Rep.
February 26, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Let's Make A Deal The RIA M&A market is poised for growth, but not gaudy growth. |
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 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... |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Eric Rasmussen |
Storm Chasing In a volatile market year, growing RIAs sought opportunity. |
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.
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
RIA M&A Deals Break Record in First Quarter Mergers and acquisitions seem to be crawling back to the top of RIA principals' to-do lists this year, as the first quarter's numbers show record activity. What is your practice worth? |
Financial Advisor
July 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
Surviving The Storm Account sizes, staff and profits have shrunk, but far more firms gained clients than lost them. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2010
Eric Rasmussen |
More Refined In 2009 RIA assets surged in 2009, but companies were still nursing a hangover from the crazy recession ride. |
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. |
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 Advisor
February 2, 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
Surviving The Plunge Amid falling assets and revenue, advisors try to positions themselves for the eventual upturn. |
Financial Advisor
August 2012
Karen DeMasters |
The Great Migration Though they aren't moving as fast as they were a few years ago, advisors are still in play for independent broker-dealers. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008 |
Frontline News News for the Financial Industry: Tumult Could Expand Ranks Of RIAs... M&A Activity Remains Healthy... Independent B-Ds: Don't Tread On Us... Who Has The Most Satisfied Advisors?... The Business Of Serving Business Owners... etc. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Lewis Schiff |
Succession Planning: Buying and Selling Wealth Management Practices 2010 could be the biggest year ever for mergers and acquisitions in the financial advisory industry, but the players and strategies are different than they were prior to the market turndown. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Anne Field |
Hiring Good Help A panel of experts gives advice on hiring the right new employees to grow your firm. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Bernie Clark |
The Changing RIA Advisors need to start thinking bigger and go beyond their current capabilities. |
Financial Advisor
August 2010
Raymond Fazzi |
Looking To Streamline Now that they've experienced the harsh consequences of poor business management, fee-based advisors are looking to their custodians and broker-dealers for all the help they can get. |
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 2011
Evan Simonoff |
M&A Game Changer Leading custodians in the RIA space are offering acquisition financing to firms that do business with them. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Stephanie Bogan |
Make 2010 Your Best year Ever Quantuvis Consulting's new study of business performance has strategies for every advisor, regardless of size, business model, or philosophy. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2010
Evan Simonoff |
Are Advisors Delusional? Fiduciary Network CEO Mark Hurley says they are because they believe their firms are very valuable -- but most aren't. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Maya Ivanova |
A Decade of Evolution Advisory practices make gains, but still face challenges |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Don't Fear Your Fees RIAs are loathe to increase rates, believing it alienates clients. But industry insiders say advisors have more juice than they suspect. Here's how to get a raise. |
| Financial Advisor |
Frontline News Independent B-Ds Inside... States Gear Up To Examine More Advisors... IRS To Regulate All Tax Preparers... Guggenheim To Buy Security Benefit... RIA M&A Activity Down In '09... Majority Of Advisors See Growth In '10... more... |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008 |
Independent Together The "RIA-in-a-box" model will attract plenty of wirehouse reps who may have previously balked at the idea of going completely independent, fearing they were unprepared to run their own businesses. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2010
Bob Veres |
A Profession Comes Of Age As the planning profession reaches maturity, motive and opportunity seem to be conspiring to create a better professional world. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Get Help If you're buying or selling a financial advisory practice, call the pros. Experienced dealmakers know that the vast majority of the value in a transaction resides in the terms, not in the price. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics M&A activity peaked in 2010... Advisors in touch... Untapped business serving retiring boomers... |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
David Lawrence |
Consolidation Quickens Advisors are increasingly turning to others to increase service and decrease costs. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
United Capital Buys Three RIAs, Adds $2.2B in AUM The three deals bring United Capital's total AUM to more than $13 billion, with 29 offices across the country. |
Registered Rep.
September 21, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Desperately Seeking Financing For most advisors looking to grow through acquisition, the thorniest issue is finding the cash to do so. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008
Robert Casey |
Slower Build Growth slowed last year among in-dependent advisors, due to the lagging stock market. |
Financial Advisor
August 2012
Jon Beatty |
A Promising Road Advisors are enjoying strong growth despite significant challenges in the financial markets. |
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
June 2011
Bruce W. Fraser |
Rebuilding Trust - Part 2 Six leaders in the wealth management continue their discussion of the advisory industry and how new rules and regulations will impact it. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
James J. Green |
Best of Times, Worst of Times Securities America and Capital Analysts have responded to the financial crisis in quite different ways. But they're also quite similar in how they're proactively changing their business models to help reps and the home office thrive |
Registered Rep.
November 26, 2010
Charles Paikert |
RIA M&A Deals On Track To Top 2009 Total The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab Advisor Services. |
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.
October 29, 2009
Kristen French |
RJFS Raises RIA minimums, LPL Pulls Past RJ in RIA Assets Raymond James is raising minimums for new RIAs who want to custody assets on its RJFS-IAD platform from $30 million to $50 million. |
Financial Advisor
August 2007
Jeff Schlegel |
Private-Equity Payout The private-equity tsunami that's sweeping the investing world isn't exactly inundating the financial advisory industry, but it is making waves. |
Registered Rep.
September 25, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
"I Don't Work for a Wirehouse" Firms' credibility with clients, particularly those attached to banks, took a hit following the financial crisis. Five years later, have the firms earned back client trust? |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
