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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.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Impact This! Schwabbies Descend Upon Vegas They didn't get to "Talk to Chuck," but attendees of the 2007 Schwab IMPACT conference did get a chance to talk to Walt Bettinger, president and chief operating officer, as well as Charles Goldman, executive vice president of Schwab Institutional in an afternoon Q&A session.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Robert F. Keane	Changes at the Top for RIA Units at Fidelity and Schwab At a time when growth in the RIA channel has been robust to say the least, the two largest custodians have announced executive changes and restructuring of their units serving RIAs.
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.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Ben Mattlin	Getting The Word Out Financial advisory firms are looking at innovative ways to market themselves.
Registered Rep. October 11, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab, CFP Board Advertising Campaigns Reach National Audience At least two national ad campaigns have been launched this year promoting segments of the financial advisory business.
Investment Advisor July 2006	Upgrades Pershing LLC announced healthy growth in the number of RIAs custodying client assets and trust accounts through its Pershing Advisor Solutions unit... Charles Schwab & Co. announced June 14 a broad reduction and simplification of pricing for its retail... etc.
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 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.
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.
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Brooke Southall	RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms.
Registered Rep. May 5, 2008	LPL Financial Heats Up The RIA World The largest independent broker/dealer in the U.S. announced today it's going to launch an RIA custodian later this year, which will serve both hybrid and fee-only investment advisors who operate independent RIAs.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Kristen French	Fido Attacks! Long a distant second to Charles Schwab in the lucrative business of serving financial advisors, Fidelity is making an aggressive push to close that gap. And some advisors are taking notice.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 John Churchill	Can Schwab's RIA Empire be Toppled? Last year the online-broker-turned-advice-provider extended an already massive lead over rivals Fidelity and TD Ameritrade in RIA asset gathering. Is there no challenger to Schwab's throne?
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.
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 February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms.
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 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 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. October 1, 2005 John Kador	Schwab Does It Again Charles Schwab, the pioneering discount broker who was slammed by the tech wreck and suffered through protracted management struggles in the past two years, is beating the wirehouses at their own game.
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 September 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Happy Mediums Online brokerage giants are taking market share from almost every segment of the financial advisory business - except for 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.
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.
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. 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.
Registered Rep. June 4, 2012 Lauren Barack	The Fishbowl Effect As financial advisor ratings websites like BrightScope and Advice IQ proliferate, advisors are going to have to get comfortable with having their records a click away from clients and prospects.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Citi's Covert Makeover It's a major shift in business for an entire unit to leap in the fee-only RIA world.
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.
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. 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.
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, 2009 Donna Mitchell	Roame on RIAs Conversations about change in the registered investment advisory space are constant these days, thanks to volatile markets, new products and demographic shifts. What sort of future will these changes create for the industry?
Investment Advisor January 2009 James J. Green	Schwab Reorganizes; Fidelity Hires; Pershing Provides The three major custodians of RIA assets announce big executive changes and a new practice management program.
Registered Rep. September 22, 2008 John Churchill	Wall Street's Pain Is RIAs' Gain: Reps Flee Wirehouses, Bring Assets to Fido And Others Despite the still-outsized signing bonuses offered by most Wall Street firms, the steady trickle of brokers leaving wirehouse firms to join or form their own RIA firms is growing.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Kristen French	60 Seconds with Deborah Doyle McWhinney A short interview about the rivalry between the registered investment advisor (RIA) firms that Schwab caters to and Wall Street wirehouses.
Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Advisory Pulse Registered investment advisory firms, especially small ones, are returning to the bargaining table this year; in the first quarter, RIA firms completed 24 merger and acquisition deals.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marion Asnes	Meet the New Boss Charles Goldman, the new head of Schwab Institutional, is firmly focused on helping financial advisors grow.
Registered Rep. November 25, 2008	Fido Poaches Schwab RIA Executive Fidelity Investments negotiates a contract with the former head of Schwab's advisor business.
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 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.
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Menchaca & Schultz	Citi Limits? Citi Personal Wealth Management's plan to build a fee-only investment advisory business, announced on Oct. 5, is a bold move into the RIA space.
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. September 10, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Fido's RIA Unit Cuts Fees The average financial advisor has taken a big hit in production and therefore net income. But RIA custodians are turning that into something of a marketing tool.
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. 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.