Andrew Salesky's tantalizing PortfolioConnect remark hints at Schwab's technology future, and 'open' or 'closed' -- that was API question at In|Vest West 2018 RIA custody panel

The Schwab technology chief may have stumbled on a strategy for big RIAs, but he also got challenged on his API philosophy by Apex Clearing's Chris Fesler

December 11, 2018 — 11:48 PM UTC by Brooke Southall

Brooke's Note: This article has a self-serving aspect; I moderated one of the panels. But it's not totally disingenuous. In|Vest West was produced by SourceMedia, the same company that publishes Financial Planning, a competitor of RIABiz. I've been a fan of In|Vest since ...

Mike Durbin speech spellbinds; David Kowach prompts head-scratching and Brian Hamburger-Dale Brown showdown has one tense moment at Market Counsel Summit

The Fidelity exec shows forward thinking; the Wells Fargo exec talks branded RIAs and the cage match ... not so much

December 8, 2018 — 5:06 AM UTC by Graham Thomas

The Market Counsel Summit had many recognizable speakers in its line-up and one that left RIA audience members truly impressed and grateful -- with an oft-contrarian RIA view.

A prepared and polished Mike Durbin convinced a skeptical Las Vegas audience of peers and clientele that his firm is ...

SEI targets the 60% of its book that are planning virgins with Advizr's 'lite' planning software -- an MRI on held-away assets and way to boost SEI products sales

The Oaks, Pa.-based TAMP plans is to lure reps with the 'nibbling' software maker it part owns with a buy-one-get-one-free coaching and planning deal

December 5, 2018 — 11:03 PM UTC by Oisin Breen

Brooke's Note: One of the knocks on the old-line stockbroker was that he (yes, I'm envisioning a "he") did everything a little too piecemeal. He'd do a slug of investing here and offer another dose of financial planning advice there as he ...

Decades-old stench of annuity sales and deception hangs heavy, but very 2018 efforts by DPL, Nationwide, Allianz and others offer whiff of hope of cracking the RIA market

As RIAs kick stockbroker butt, old-line insurers like Nationwide are taking the RIA fee-based and open-architecture model seriously -- because they have to -- and target the $2 trillion fixed-income aspect of RIA portfolios.

December 5, 2018 — 8:40 PM UTC by Oisin Breen

Brooke's Note: It is surprising on one level just how much RIAs cringe at the word "annuities." After all, no other product short of an old-line defined benefit program provides the kind of sleep-at-night income security of one of these much maligned products. The ...