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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 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
August 2012
Jon Beatty |
A Promising Road Advisors are enjoying strong growth despite significant challenges in the financial markets. |
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.
August 25, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Better Economic Times Ahead? Your Clients Don't Think So. Advisors seem more optimistic about the economy than their own clients, according to a recent survey. |
Registered Rep.
September 30, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled. |
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.
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
March 2012
Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them. |
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.
August 8, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Schwab: Franchisees Can't Poach RIA Clients Advisors who are considering Charles Schwab's new independent branch program are being told they will have to abide by the company's contact policy. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Compliance Outsourcing Gains Favor With RIAs Charles Schwab's RIA Benchmarking Study this year reports that 38 percent of firms were outsourcing their compliance functions, up from 27 percent in 2010. |
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
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. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
James L. Poer |
Smooth Operator Many investment advisors are missing the possibility of growing their businesses, increasing client face time and saving on staffing costs. All it takes is a forward shift in how they employ technology. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008 |
Back Office Deal A strategic deal between Charles Schwab and a back-office consulting firm will afford RIAs more outsourcing options. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Moseley & Spencer |
Technology by the Numbers Even in the challenging market and economic environment, independent advisory firms are looking for opportunities to position themselves for long-term growth by investing strategically in their businesses. |
Registered Rep.
June 29, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Schwab Cuts Some Fees for 2009 In an effort to ease the financial pain of its registered investment advisors, Charles Schwab has announced a series of initiatives that will save them money. |
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. |
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 Planning
December 1, 2010
John McCormick |
The Tech Challenge It's not how much you spend on hardware and software, it's how well you integrate it. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
James J. Green |
Catching Up With...Gary Gallagher A chat with LPL's executive VP strategic programs and support services. |
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.
August 1, 2005
Matt Barthel |
RIAs in Flux The pioneering ways of registered investment advisors (RIAs) are coming back to bite them. Once on the cutting edge of "holistic" financial planning and fee-based client relationships, RIAs are now just one of a pack of firms offering such services. |
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
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2011
Diana Britton |
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors. |
Registered Rep.
October 31, 2014
Megan Leonhardt |
The Lost Opportunity Despite the greater freedom and advantages using the tools can bring, only 53 percent of advisors at RIA firms are using social media for business. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
James J. Green |
Schwab Cuts Costs for Its Advisors Charles Schwab Advisor Services announced a series of moves that will have the net effect of reducing costs to the RIAs that custody with Schwab. |
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 Planning
March 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
For Advisors, a Client-Centered Shift More advisors are shifting toward a broader approach and away from investment management. |
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. |
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
December 2006
Andrew Gluck |
PMS Gridlock Portfolio management software is the heart of an advisory practice -- so why are there so few options? (Hint: look in the mirror.) |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
John J. Bowen |
The Best in the Business Financial advisors can learn much from studying the business practices of their most successful peers. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Waiting for "Intelligent Integration" This spring, Schwab Advisor Services announced the launch of "Project C"-an ambitious technology initiative designed to deliver high-quality, integrated solutions to advisors. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
Financial Advisor
August 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
More Money in Motion During the financial crisis, the majority of high-net-worth clients maintained accounts with at least two financial advisors, Boston-based Cerulli Associates said in a January report. |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2014
Megan Leonhardt |
Wires Have Biggest Social Media Footprint Out of all advisors, it's those sitting at banks who are most reluctant to embrace social media -- only about one out of every five use it, a number that has not budged much from previous years. |
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.
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.
October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: Intelligent Advisor The survey covers over 360 registered investment advisors. |
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. |
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.
April 7, 2011
Kristen French |
Switching To Independent Model Keeps Up Pace Migration to the independent financial advisor model -- independent b/ds and RIAs -- is likely to continue unabated in 2011. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008 |
It's Okay to Outsource The number of financial advisors who say they regularly outsource at least a portion of the portfolio-construction process more than doubled to 34 percent in 2007, up from just 14 percent in 2006. |
