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How TD Ameritrade wins clients $47 million at a time

UBS brokers double take-home pay with breakaway

Author Brooke Southall November 13, 2009 at 5:19 AM
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Jim Scanlon: I was not a big producer so [my boss] could say: I need you to be in this meeting.

Joseph A

Joseph A

November 16, 2009 — 9:08 PM

There certainly has been a boom in entrepreneurial activity in the RIA space, one that I hope is sustained. Beyond choosing a worthy custodian, new RIA firms have to work quickly to establish a foothold in the business. In 3 to 5 years, there may be a boomerang effect with the advisors that didn’t do enough to market and manager their firrm to cut it on their own- whether other RIAs absorb them or they go back to the wirehouse types is another question.


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