Fidelity study: Breakaway RIAs could pocket millions in after-tax profits
Dazzling wirehouse retainer deals are nice but going it alone can pay much, much better after taxes get figured in
Jeff Spears
Taxes, unconflicted platform and a succession plan are ALL great reasons to go independent, BUT the driving factor is usually an emotional externality that trumps reason.
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Joanna Rotenberg is departing Fidelity Investments after only two years, writing that she traveled 20,000 miles and successfully split her retail division into wealth and brokerage units
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