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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Andrew Gluck
The Gluck Report, Part I: The Big Three's Tech Plans for 2006 New tech initiatives from the leading custodians have lots of features aimed at attracting and winning over RIAs without making them feel like they're losing their independence. We talk to the tech heads at Schwab, Fidelity, and TD Waterhouse. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
February 2008
Joel Bruckenstein
Custodians Beef It Up Since advisors' work flows are often intertwined with custodian-supplied technologies, let's take a look at what the custodial firms have in store for 2008. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Tracey Longo
All For Advisors Brokerage executives are doing their best to deliver the tools advisors need to move their business to the next level, while still remaining efficient. That includes streamlined technology, investment and rebalancing selections, outsourcing, practice management and business development assistance. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2004
Raymond Fazzi
Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Frontline News Advisors Help Colleagues Affected By Katrina... Intuit Enters Portfolio Management Arena... Inefficient Operations Are Eating Up Revenue Growth... RIAs Overwhelmingly Oppose B-D Exemption... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2015
Diana Britton
Crowded Out Some level of competition between advisors and custodians has been around for years. Still, some advisors feel recent events make the distinction between business partner and market competitor less clear. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell
Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Raymond Fazzi
RIAs Enjoy A Fertile Market Registered investment advisors have an opportunity as more households continue to enter the realm of the "affluent" and seek advice, but they'd better get the operational side of their practices in order. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Frontline News AST Trust Purchases Capital Trust Co. Of Delaware... Intuit Poised To Release PortfolioMinder... Financial Advisor Plans Top RIA Ranking... Morningstar Workstation Available At TD Ameritrade... Rule Is `First Step'... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2007
David J. Drucker
In The Land Of Giants If a smaller custodian comes along that can successfully execute a platform of services advisors can't get from Schwab, Fidelity or TD Ameritrade, it's going to find a place with advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn
Custody Battle Although three custodians now get most of the RIA business, increased competition may lead to more choices -- and more services -- for financial planners. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
April 1, 2005
Kristen French
The Referral Challenge TD Waterhouse is betting that a referral program modeled on Schwab's highly successful system will help it hold on to high-net-worth clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Frontline News Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt stunned attendees at TD Waterhouse's annual conference in Orlando in early February when, in response to a question, he indicated he was opposed to a proposed rule that would grant exemption from registered investment advisor registration for wirehouse brokers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Sydney LeBlanc
SMAs and Due Diligence: Streamlining The Process Software tools and common sense can help advisors enter the separately managed accounts (SMA) business. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Joel Bruckenstein
TD Waterhouse Comes Of Age Service and technology drive the custodian's success. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2011
Jerry Gleeson
Schwab Apologizes Over Sales Pitch to Advisor Clients Schwab found itself apologizing for violating its own policy of pitching portfolio products to retirement plan sponsors who were clients of retail financial advisors and turnkey asset management programs that have custodial relations with the firm. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Mark Tibergien
Formulas for Success: The Price of Everything... If you're not adding profit into what each financial advisory client costs, you're losing money. Advisors who use a combination of performance fees tied to assets and a retainer tied to more complex planning are able to consistently demonstrate their value. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien
Set Me Free LPL Financial staked a bigger claim on the independent advisor market last month with the announcement that the broker-dealer will allow its advisors to do business under their own RIA. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2005
James J. Green
Talk to Chuck Schwab the company began as a transaction service, then moved into mutual funds, but Schwab the man believes his greatest legacy was his ability to democratize investing, and to support the notion that people could get their advice from someone who did not have a conflict of interest. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 2, 2010
Kristen French
Fidelity Makes Trade Pricing Uniform For RIA And Retail Clients Fidelity's RIA custody division, Institutional Wealth Services, said it was cutting fees for U.S. equity and options trades. It also began offering commission-free online trades for its iShares ETFs and Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index Tracking Fund. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2004
Sydney LeBlanc
Independent Broker-Dealers Improving SMA Programs Historically, independent advisors have been forced to sit on the sidelines while wirehouses led the way in products and technology for separately managed accounts. Increasingly, things seem to be changing. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2004
Sydney LeBlanc
Your SMA Business Primer Start here to learn how to open separately managed accounts (SMAs) for your clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 8, 2013
Diana Britton
Moving on Up: Go Independent and Make More $ Advisors who switched firms saw a jump in their compensation, especially among those who went independent. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2007
Tracey Longo
Getting A Share Of Trust Assets Trust assets are up for grabs and often are there for the asking, provided financial advisors know the right questions to ask. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Lauren Barack
Give Them What They Want Understanding they can't offer every tool to every advisor, custodians are nevertheless making sure to remain flexible enough to meet advisors' ever changing demands. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Sydney LeBlanc
Embracing The F Word US Fiduciary offers a business model that is attracting ultra-high-end advisors who want to be fiduciaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Kathleen M. McBride
Fidelity's Separates The custodian rolls out an elegant SMA platform for RIAs. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2010
James J. Green
Navigator For years, Dan Skiles has steered advisors through the tech rocks to business safe harbors. As IA's new technology coach, he'll be your guide to the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 26, 2010
Jerry Gleeson
Net Assets Rise at LPL, TD Ameritrade Trading revenue (excluding asset-based fees and advisory assets), however, was less impressive, with LPL posting modest gains and TDA seeing big declines. (Not surprising, given the overall market conditions.) mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'brien
Snagging Breakaways Schwab Institutional and Cambridge Investment Research have joined forces to attract financial advisors turning independent. But just how big is the prize? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Thomas M. Kostigen
Discrimination, Or Keeping It Simple? Schwab boots funds that have cheaper share classes elsewhere. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Christina Mucciolo
What Can We Do For You? Clearing firms matter to advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Kevin Burke
Schwab's Secret Success With more and more brokers going independent these days and open architecture on the rise, Schwab may very well bridge the gap between industry behemoths like Vanguard and Fidelity sooner than you think. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2008
Tracey Longo
Breakaway Brokers Despite being in business a shorter amount of time than the average advisor, breakaways have more assets under management, higher total revenues and a significantly higher growth rate. mark for My Articles similar articles