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Investment Advisor September 2008 Bob Clark	Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice.
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. March 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Rep as Portfolio Manager Wirehouse and national firms are the most likely to offer advisor-directed platforms, followed by the bank and independent broker/dealer channels.
Registered Rep. September 11, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Survey Says: Wall Street Advisors Going...Wait For It...Independent! Wall Street wirehouse firms are expected to see a net loss of $188 billion in client assets to other channels in the industry, including RIAs, independent broker/dealers and regional b/ds.
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. December 2, 2014	Best of the Best 2014 Unlike many of our competitors, we are as transparent as possible about our criteria and methodology when publishing a ranking.
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. June 4, 2013 Diana Britton	Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends?
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. September 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	RIAs and Their Fat Payouts Registered investment advisors continue to take home fatter paychecks than their counterparts at regionals and wirehouses, even after factoring in the RIAs' higher overhead.
Registered Rep. April 29, 2015 Diana Britton	Advisor Views on The Economy We recently surveyed over 2,000 advisors across channels about their views on the economy and business as part of its 2015 AdvisorBenchmarking All-Channel Report. Here's what they had to say.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Philip Palaveev	B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong.
Registered Rep. October 19, 2011 Diana Britton	Registered Rep/Wealth Management.com Research: Indies, Insurers Take Lead on Social Media RIAs, independent broker/dealers and insurance companies are taking the lead in social media usage, ahead of wirehouses, regional firms and bank brokerages.
Investment Advisor February 2010 James J. Green	Raising Your Game Ray Sclafani's coaches help advisors provide advice and guidance.
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 Planning May 1, 2008 Ray Sclafani	To Each His Own For many advisors, teaming up with a coach just makes sense -- and dollars.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2006 Anne Field	Taking the Growth Plunge Even with the most sophisticated technology available, your financial advisory practice isn't going to grow significantly unless you start staffing up.
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. 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.
Financial Advisor October 2012 Karen DeMasters	Competition, Succession Plans Key To RIA Growth The independent financial advisor channel has enjoyed a strong decade of growth, but firms in this space need to understand the changing factors within the industry says a recent white paper by the Alliance for Registered Investment Advisors.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2011 Diana Britton	America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business.
Investment Advisor May 2009 Kelli Cruz	Walk On The trend of wirehouse advisors joining the independent RIA channel has ramped up significantly in the last several years, and is only increasing in the wake of Wall Street's epic meltdown.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2007	Best of Both Worlds Stuart Silverman's "hybrid" business model for a broker/dealers designed to make the transition to independence more seamless.
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.
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Nick Georgis	Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds.
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. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates?
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Ray Sclafani	Get Some Support An increasing number of B-Ds are recognizing the importance of coaching and training for advisors -- especially their top producers.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: Independence Day There is a growing trend toward registered reps moving out of the wirehouse environment -- a trend invisible to most, but obvious to the country's leading custodians: they are actively wooing breakaway brokers.
Registered Rep. April 16, 2014 Mindy Diamond	Outgrowing the IBD For advisors who are managing more than $500 million in client assets and are looking to build an enterprise, the independent broker/dealer model may have become too limiting for them.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. April 2, 2012 Diana Britton	Concert Breaks Into the Hybrid Market Via LPL Partnership RIA aggregator Concert Advisor Services has launched a new hybrid platform, Concert Advisors, and partnered with independent broker/dealer LPL Financial to provide brokerage and custody services.
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. 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. August 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Devil Take the Hindmost The headlines in the media note that advisor headcount was down 2.3 percent overall in 2011. But it was the independent broker/dealer market that accounted for the biggest hit in the numbers.
Registered Rep. March 6, 2014 Diana Britton	Independent Channels Continue to Steal from Wirehouses RIA and dually registered advisory channels will grow their share of the advised assets to 26 percent by 2016, according to a report by Cerulli Associates. That growth will largely come at the expense of the wirehouse channel.
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. March 31, 2015 Diana Britton	How Advisors Are Paid The ascendancy of fee-based compensation in the independent broker/dealer space continues.
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Jonathan Beatty	Joining Forces Does your firm have the human resources infrastructure to recruit and integrate a new advisor or team of advisors?
Registered Rep. March 12, 2010 Mindy Diamond	Break Back Brokers Over the last six months, an interesting reverse shift is occurring: the RIA or independent b/d advisor who wants to return to (or go to for the first time) a wirehouse firm.
Registered Rep. February 14, 2012 Diana Britton	Yield of Dreams: IBD's Biggest Competition Might be a Custodian As margins continue to be squeezed, IBDs are going to have to get creative with where their revenues comes from, and that means expanding into the RIA and custody market. The question is, who'll make the next move?
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 August 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien	Joining the Fray Those who can, do, the saying goes. Three Moss Adams consultants embraced this sentiment over the past year, leaving their prestigious perches at the Seattle-based firm to practice what they preached.
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. May 27, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: Breaking Down the Practice Are the firms that serve advisors ready to support a team-based, ensemble model?
Registered Rep. January 5, 2011 Mindy Diamond	Lining Up Your Pros And Cons The following is a list of some of the pain points advisors who want to leave their firm often describe.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	The Increasingly Happy Broker Generally speaking, the smaller the firm, the happier the broker, according to our fifth Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card survey.
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.