Some alchemy of tax-hike fears and consumer confidence has warmed the Grinches' hearts

A rule looked at for decades may finally gain traction

Attention advisors hoping to become -- or remain -- NFLPA-certified: You need to get your bona fides in by this Friday

Stephanie Bogan will lead the training center that aims to create corporate 'mini-me's' around the country

The veteran of more than one bum's rush tells what really sealed her fate at Smith Barney

Andy Rachleff's new strategy omits RIAs-as-managers in favor of a centralized ETF-manager approach with Burton Malkiel calling the big shots

The former FINRA, CFTC and SEC exec will replace Mary Schapiro next month as RIA leaders brace for a new round of regulatory battles

With close to $12 million in revenue, a hotshot tech startup is looking to move into second phase of development: Attracting RIAs despite naysayers

Veres sees a glut of conferences but has a passion to change that with a new-concept event

A decade of flatlining investment results has advisors worried about clients' faith in the very fabric of the markets

The rethought training program suits up new advisors -- many of them career changers -- for independence as well as for the wirehouse path

The changes , especially for the wealthy, are many but so are the ways to react

Sponsors that use an outgoing approach get tremendous client inflow

Manisha Thakor was drafted into her venture by three wealthy women who liked none of the existing alternatives

Assets farmed out to money managers are generally more valuable than purely discretionary assets under management

RIA Stands for You will use things like digital New Yorker ads, messaging and candid videos with RIAs is funneling down to phone calls from virgin prospects

Foster Group mined one of the few reliably wealthy groups in the corn belt -- doctors -- and uses unconventional employee benefits like European-length vacations

Bernie Clark all but donned top hat and tails for a dramatic presentation of upcoming initiatives, and a last-minute celeb subbed for a famed basketball coach

One area of weakness for RIAs is finding the resources, time and expertise to train people, and Schwab is addressing the need

Schwab's chairman also gives an interesting window into his view of alternative investments

Speaking at IMPACT, Schwab's chief strategist also weighs in on the net effect of long-term low interest rates and the looming cliff after the looming cliff: The debt ceiling

Level Four Group is leaving Lincoln Financial Securities with a view toward growth

Neesha Hathi presents the dueling intiatives as next steps in her custodian's march toward serving 7,000 advisory firms

With this co-creation of a de facto ISO-9000 for succession plans, smaller RIAs may have more options and metrics on the back end

There are private-equity backed consolidators and RIA aggregators, and subspecies of each of those, but we can call them all roll-ups

New franchises are hitting asset goals and five more franchises are in the hopper for launch

On the heels of the l'affaire Rhoades the nonprofit mounts a search to replace its longtime leader when she steps down next year

Avoid jobs that lack training programs, mentors, a planning bent and a long-term horizon, the former Merrill brokerage chief counsels fresh-to-market hopefuls

Avoid the temptation to fall into efficient-fixer mode; let'em see you sweat -- but not tremble.

The end is nigh! Or not. Either way, here's how to prepare your clients to traverse that uncharted country beyond Jan. 1

David Loeper says he's "extraordinarily pleased" but Bob Curtis echoes that sentiment and says his company's work with UBS is stronger than ever

Evercore Wealth Management is buying a firm that was on the prowl to gain scale through a purchase, then went the other way

Recruiters are getting renewed interest from big wirehouse teams and the $125 million deal shows that breakaway brokers can realize big enterprise value in short order

The former Merrill stars effected an outsized cash deal with First Republic, proving that independence can have monetary rewards to match the psychic ones

Seeking support for its superrich clients, Waldron Wealth lets the big IBD down easy, retaining its subsidiary, Fortigent

Index Fund Advisors carefully vetted Tamarac, Orion and Black Diamond for a year but gambled on the newer, smaller vendor -- with the veteran quarterback, Matt Abar

The San Francisco-based broker now has trading in local currencies at 12 foreign equity markets but advisors cite higher priorities elsewhere

Luminous Capital has gone from a 2008 Merrill Lynch breakaway to a big bank puzzle piece in 2012

The former chairman claims he's being hanged on a semantic technicality, but CEO Kevin Keller repudiates the claim

The notion of a boardroom in every Starbucks is out -- now the mobility of mobile devices is just a walk down the hall

OSJs were riding high on incentive systems designed more for solo practices

With 45,517 followers on LinkedIn alone the ex-wirehouse exec is using a first-person voice to reinvent herself and expand her sphere of influence, observers say

Moving into San Francisco almost on the QT, AMG-owned Veritable confirms its first national foray -- but declines to disclose its address

The reshuffle, which brings aboard an ex-MSSB vice chairman, is no prelude to a sale new chief Howard Edelstein insists