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Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
It's Good to Be Big...or Little As the RIA industry continues to enjoy rapid growth, mid-size firms are feeling a profit margin crunch.  |
Registered Rep. October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: Intelligent Advisor The survey covers over 360 registered investment advisors.  |
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. June 1, 2005 |
A Hit with the Rich The percentage of high-net-worth households naming a registered investment advisor (RIA) as their primary advisor rose to 46% in 2004 from 30 percent in 2001. The growth came at the expense of the wirehouses.  |
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. 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 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.  |
Registered Rep. September 3, 2009 Mindy Diamond |
Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Maya Ivanova |
Listen Up Financial advisory firms are demonstrating their ability to weather the tough times of the last few years. But to continue their profitability in the future, they need to make client service a priority.  |
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. 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.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2007 |
All About the Benjamins Reps say the darndest things.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell |
Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost.  |
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. September 27, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Want More Prospecting Time? Integrate Your Tech, Study Says The cost of inefficient technology integration at registered investment advisor practices may be more than you would think.  |
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. 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.  |
Registered Rep. May 2, 2011 Diana Britton |
Top LPL Advisor Leaves to Start His Own B/D, Eyes Acquisitions Registered Rep.'s top-rated 2010 independent broker/dealer advisor Ron Carson has announced plans to leave LPL Financial  |
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.  |
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 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.  |
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. November 1, 2004 |
Odds and Ends In September, confidence levels rose among advisors... UBS was recently named "High-Net-Worth Leader of the Year"... Boston-based Pioneer Investments has officially entered the separate accounts business...  |
Registered Rep. September 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Volatility Not Enough to Slow RIA M&A Deals The first half of 2015 saw a significant increase in merger and acquisition activity among registered investment advisory firms.  |
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead.  |
Investment Advisor January 2010 James J. Green |
Numerology: Bright Future for Advisor M&A Activity M&A activity among RIA firms is poised for resurgence, as a new market environment emerges and the pool of potential buyers undergoes dramatic change.  |
Registered Rep. September 20, 2013 Diana Britton |
RIA Margins Continue to Suffer Last year was a relatively good year for the markets; the S&P 500 was up 16 percent. Yet profit margins at registered investment advisor firms continue to fall, according to WealthManagement.com's 2013 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend Report  |
Registered Rep. April 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
Compensation Key To Breakaway Recruiting Pitch RIA principals and consultants discuss strategies for wooing and hiring advisors from various different kinds of firms.  |
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.  |
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. November 26, 2010 Charles Paikert |
RIA M&A Deals On Track To Top 2009 Total The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab Advisor Services.  |
Registered Rep. July 29, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
RIAs Keep Up M&A Momentum RIAs continue to buy and sell their businesses this year as M&A deals in the industry reach record levels.  |
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.  |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Joseph R. Biondo |
The IA Soapbox: First, Focus on the Client For an investment advisor, developing your unique best practices distinctly separates the independent firm from the traditional, non-independent firm.  |
On Wall Street January 1, 2013 Alan J. Foxman |
Holding On to a Series 7 Securities License After Leaving a Broker-Dealer Our legal expert explains how to keep a Series 7 license fresh after moving from a broker-dealer.  |
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton |
Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable.  |
Financial Advisor January 2008 Bruce W. Fraser |
Growing Up Over the next five years, the typical RIA will undergo rapid transformation, and the average RIA firm is expected to at least triple in size. To accommodate such growth, hiring decisions will become critical, stretching far beyond the traditional tendency of firms to simply add more advisors.  |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
Wish Upon An 'IAR' RIA or IAR? Registered investment advisor or independent advisor representative; the anagram you choose will depend on how big you are and how independent you want to be.  |
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. January 22, 2015 Ryan W. Neal |
Advisor Industry Shrinks While Assets Continue to Grow A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that the industry shrank 1.9 percent to 287,119 advisors in 2013. Asset levels, however, are on the rise.  |
Registered Rep. October 29, 2013 Diana Britton |
Designation Fatigue? Fewer advisors are pursuing or holding designations this year, according to WealthManagement.com's 2013 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend Report.  |
Registered Rep. June 16, 2011 |
New on RepTV: Advisor Insights In our "Advisor Insights" video series, Registered Rep. senior editor Jerry Gleeson sits down with advisors from across the country to find out what individuals are doing on a daily basis to improve their own businesses.  |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2011 |
Exactly Why Your Broker May Be Dangerous Be careful out there, because the broker you choose may have an agenda.  |
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. June 28, 2013 Diana Britton |
60 seconds with Scott Collins We asked the Director of Advisor Transitions for TD Ameritrade Institutional what can we expect to change in advisor recruiting going forward?  |
Registered Rep. July 23, 2003 Nigel Goodman |
Servicing Your HNWs A recent Fidelity Investments survey shows that affluent clients will still replace their advisors if they are not meeting portfolio goals. Predictably, the survey encourages advisors to become more attentive to the needs of their affluent clients.  |
Registered Rep. February 18, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
LPL's New RIA Offering Lookin' Healthy; But Still A Pipsqueak Compared To Rivals There are some folks in the industry actually doing relatively well these days. Seriously. LPL Financial said today its new-ish RIA platform now has over $1 billion in new assets.  |
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. 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. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
A Lifestyle Choice REP.'s recent "Practice Management" study shows that RIAs tend to use coaches less than counterparts in other channels. Are time and money constraints the reason?  |