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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
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
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 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
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. 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
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. mark for My Articles similar articles
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
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Gail Liberman
War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Joel Bruckenstein
Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers. 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 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
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
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Raymond Fazzi
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market. 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
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
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
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
Registered Rep.
September 24, 2015
The 2015 Wealth Management Industry Awards Winners Companies like Charles, Schwab, Fidelity, and Betterment are profiled for their achievements in financial services. 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 Advisor
July 2005
Tracey Longo
AssetMark's Asset Grab How former financial planners found a way to bring their asset management model to 1,200 advisors in less than a decade. 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
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
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Neal Ringquist
Tech Tools There are a number of reoccurring concerns that rank high among the challenges that today's financial services institutions and advisory firms are looking to address. A software company president discusses how to solve those niggling problems stunting your growth. 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
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
Financial Advisor
October 2012
Joel P. Bruckenstein
A Different Kind Of Leverage Independent broker-dealers are using technology to help their advisors prosper. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Tracey Longo
Clearing Firms Come Courting With clearing industry players so clearly targeting advisors, competition for advisor business is likely to get even more interesting very soon. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2004
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Tracey Longo
There For The Asking? Some agree banks' loss of investors' trust assets is a financial advisor's gain. Now, for that marketing plan. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 27, 2011
Diana Britton
LPL Posts Record Revenues, Asset Levels; Adds 100 Reps LPL Financial reported record revenues in the second quarter of $894 million, a 13.1 percent gain. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 24, 2014
Jerry Gleeson
Custodian Castoffs Scottrade won't comment on the number of advisors it culled last summer, but other custodians say they've seen a sharp increase in the number of former Scottrade advisors who are now looking for a new home. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Joel P. Bruckenstein
The Commonwealth Way This independent broker-dealer has made great strides in integrating technology systems into its advisory platform. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 17, 2012
Timothy D. Welsh
Live From Dallas: Mobile Apps, Cloud Computing and Integration - Key Themes at Tech Conference for Rias I work with many of the technology companies that support independent RIAs and will be blogging about what's hot in advisor tech, industry trends, and what the influencers are saying. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2010
Joel P. Bruckenstein
Key Role Custodians are upping their technology offerings to RIAs. 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
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
Financial Advisor
February 2007
Frontline News Schwab Offering Loans To RIAs Going Independent... TD Ameritrade Purchases iRebal... Suitability Standards For DPPs Could Rise... N.J. Firm Was B-D's Biggest Catch In '06... etc. 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
Financial Advisor
September 2007
Tracey Longo
Demand For Trusts Explodes Growing sophistication and complexity in people's lives, along with escalating wealth and an aging population, make trusts a necessity for a far wider swath of the U.S. population these days. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Maya Ivanova
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Raymond Fazzi
Betwixt And Between Hybrid advisors work in both the fee-based and commission worlds. 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
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
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Tracey Longo
How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Tracey Longo
Working Smarter, Not Harder As more independent broker-dealers set themselves up as strategic outsourcing partners, they are finding bigger and better firms driven to their door by stagnant or shrinking profit margins and the accelerating compliance melee. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Bob Clark
Part of the Solution For financial advisors, a fund you run yourself (with help) can solve some thorny issues. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Joel Bruckenstein
A Different Kind Of Custodian Trust Company of America (TCA) wants be your custodian. Why would an advisory firm seek out TCA, as opposed to one of the more established players? There are a number of reasons, including the TCA pricing model, proprietary tools and unique capabilities. 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