Articles published 1/2012
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Laserfiche user conference draws a big crowd that wants to toss filing cabinets
Jan 31, 2012Dan Skiles, Bill Winterberg and Joel Bruckenstein lent an RIA air to the 1,600-person event
RIA/advisor coach Mark Matson invests half a million in a public television special
Jan 30, 2012Matson is using the TV show, his book and personal appearances to spread his investment-strategy gospel
Fidelity hires Bob Oros as its new RIA sales chief
Jan 27, 2012The Schwab and LPL veteran leaves Trust Company of America and fills a void left by Scott Dell'Orfano
RIA deals fizzle in the fourth quarter but big-paying banks are getting back into the game
Jan 26, 2012Schwab's latest numbers are a sobering reminder the M&A boom may remain elusive
United Capital signs on former advisors and principals of Harold C. Brown & Co.
Jan 26, 2012The strategic buyer has found advisors who don't mind being employees -- as long as they can spend more time with clients
The TD Ameritrade-Orion pairing again proves productive -- this time to wrest assets from a $3.6 billion Schwab RIA
Jan 25, 2012As part of a barrage of big moves by Mercer Advisors, Tamarac gets superseded for rebalancing
12 for 2012: A dozen issues you and your clients should really be focusing on this year
Jan 25, 2012A veteran investment strategist sifts through mountains of information overload to find the way forward -- and takes stock of his 2011 prognostications
HighTower stages its first raid of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's elite consulting unit
Jan 24, 2012A famous loyalist, Jim Pupillo crusaded for years to bring about change internally at Smith Barney before finally defecting
Think about compliance before sending or posting those articles you read
Jan 23, 2012A new SEC alert gives updated guidance regarding the pitfalls of using social media
Dynasty Financial and Black Diamond combine to pick off a big family office helmed by women
Jan 20, 2012Alexandra & James Wealth Management uses the duo to replace Fortigent as it nears $1 billion of AUA
Second ex-Fidelity exec in a year nabbed by Focus Financial
Jan 20, 2012Garry Taylor's hire comes as Focus shifts it emphasis from acquiring existing RIAs to luring breakaway brokers
Wirehouses will create their own independent models, Tiburon report says
Jan 19, 2012WIll 2012 be the year that wirehouse 'halfway houses' catch fire?
Tamarac shuts out Black Diamond from integration
Jan 18, 2012The Seattle-based software company says it's a data issue but Black Diamond says it'll expend resources to serve mutual clients
What ex-E*TRADE CEO Mitchell Caplan says emboldened him to lead an $83 million management coup of Jefferson National
Jan 17, 2012By pouring in capital from a former Goldman Sachs leader and others into a bigger sales effort, Caplan believes sales of annuities through RIAs are set to explode
What Tamarac's overhauling of its Advisor Xi has yielded
Jan 17, 2012The Seattle company's wants RIAs to buy into its whole system so it's sprinting to create the latest word in integration
RIAs in the catbird seat to leverage straight through processing in 2012
Jan 17, 2012The goal is to keep client information online in a 'living, breathing form' so that the live data can benefit everyone in the chain
A $2.6 billion Schwab RIA grapples with gaining a $420 million Securities America rep firm -- and a big footprint
Jan 13, 2012The Wipfli-Eide Bailly accounting merger doubles Hewins Financial Advisors' opportunity to convert CPA client funds to AUM, analysts say
What the Cetera-Genworth IBD deal says about where these companies are headed
Jan 12, 2012Cetera starts looking more like an IPO candidate and Genworth shucks a distraction from its asset-magnet TAMP
Next-gen advisor breaks the standard RIA mold to grow with her young clientele -- many with $100,000 or less of assets
Jan 11, 2012Thirty-year-old Blair Hodgson was born into a boom and has seen her share of busts -- and it's had a profound effect on how she views markets.
The Grossian formula for PR: Why Bill’s press is good press, even when it’s bad
Jan 11, 2012You too can reach the PR mountaintop and weather bad press by following Gross' example -- here's how
How Julian Koski's maverick stock picking method led to a merger with Guggenheim
Jan 10, 2012The South African-born entrepreneur lost millions of his family's money in the 1980s before hitting on a winning formula
How Bob Doll, Milton Ezrati and Tony Crescenzi see brightness in the murky 2012 outlook
Jan 10, 2012The heavy hitters offered encouragement to advisors on Envestnet conference call
10 of the most popular RIABiz stories from 2011 and why they struck a chord
Jan 9, 2012Buys, goodbyes, advisors saying 'i' do, an escalating tech arms race and Sallie Krawcheck's ups and downs were just some of the topics that piqued your interest in 2011
A refresher on how an advisor should approach the needs of clients as they near retirement
Jan 9, 2012The new norm is changing and it requires a mix of new thinking and old-fashioned conservative strategies
Peter Hess will take the CEO reins at Advent Software
Jan 6, 2012The visionary of the Black Diamond acquisition replaces Stephanie DiMarco who will step down in June
SEC sends sharp warning to advisors using social media
Jan 6, 2012RIAs have to make sure they don't get 'liked' on popular websites like Facebook
Report of a possible delay in DOL's fee disclosure rule sparks apprehension among advisors and industry observers
Jan 5, 2012Advisors say they can't comply with the rule until they know what's in it but one delay could lead to another
Recent SEC enforcement actions make annual policies and procedures exams even more important
Jan 5, 2012Sprucing up your compliance manual early and often can prevent the SEC leaving coal in your Christmas stocking
The 10 most influential figures in the RIA business going into 2012, Part 2
Jan 4, 2012These advisors and executives made dramatic moves that advanced the business of registered investment advisors
LPL makes big advance into the RIA business with Fortigent acquisition
Jan 3, 2012The kingpin of product-based mass affluent advice now has a major beachhead with high-net-worth investors
The 10 most influential figures in the RIA business going into 2012
Jan 3, 2012The RIA power elite: Part 1 of 2
What the 10 most influential list is all about
Jan 3, 2012These people are stirring things up in the RIA business
How one big contrarian money manager is gearing up for 2012
Jan 3, 2012Heartland CEO, Bill Nasgovitz says small-cap stocks may be poised to rebound with a vengeance