Articles published 8/2013
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LPL flaunts its Dell effect to 3,000 advisors in San Diego at focus13 confab
Newly installed CIO and ex-Dell star Victor Fetter shows he means business at the IBD's annual conference
August 29, 2013 – 7:03 PM
Fidelity and TD Ameritrade show new teeth in RIA advertising -- albeit with giraffes, and children on summer porches
On the heels of Schwab's 'owning it' campaign, Fidelity aims to catch (and repaper) RIAs and TD goes for the soft belly of the industry
August 28, 2013 – 7:36 PM
Washington Wealth, now part of the LPL OSJ realm, annexes a $220-million-AUA team in Seattleland
The ex-Wells Fargo team chose the name Kimball Creek to highlight its Northwestern roots -- but it's also a metaphor for the high the stakes their clients face
August 27, 2013 – 1:28 PM
A sometimes defensive Bernie Clark makes four points pertaining to Schwab's RIA custody business in an update to Wall Street
The overseer of Schwab RIAs explains the San Francisco giant's difficult-to-do-business-with reputation and the long rollout of SII
August 26, 2013 – 5:24 AM
After more than two years of radio silence, Mark Hurley pings with a stake-taking in an under-the-radar RIA
The writer of firebrand reports describes his own company as 'boring' -- questionably -- but lately has lived up to his billing
August 23, 2013 – 5:15 PM
Banyan reels in two more RIAs pushing its assets across the $4 billion line -- now comes the challenge
Peter J. Raimondi gets closer to his dream of creating a national firm with acquisitions of firms with a combined billion in AUM
August 23, 2013 – 5:14 PM
LPL Financial tells its faithful in San Diego that a fuller-service, more dependent model will get corporate support
With Philip Palaveev overseeing the project, LPL is working to install more management expertise in the crazy-growth OSJs it both supports and competes with
August 22, 2013 – 3:46 AM
A $4.7-billion RIA-under-investment-bank in NYC softens its macho edge by headhunting a top woman from GenSpring
Evercore will make Jewelle Bickford a partner and the gem of its outreach to the other gender
August 21, 2013 – 5:40 AM
AMG delves deeper into the RIA business with second deal -- of $4-billion player in NY
Its purchase of a stake in Clarfeld Financial Advisors, Barron's No. 3, shows the Veritable deal was, indeed, a warm up
August 20, 2013 – 3:18 AM
Legal analysis: Why the Yale 401(k) letters, limits aside, should raise an alarm to plan sponsors
Ayres may not have it all letter perfect but his basic points have a legal basis
August 19, 2013 – 5:27 AM
Fidelity Investments puts hard numbers on the disgruntlement of 401(k) plan sponsors -- and launches Z shares with ETF-like prices
Advisors are gaining some ground but the crunch of fees and service on plan purveyors gets worse and worse
August 16, 2013 – 5:32 AM
As LPL Financial braces for a share sell-off and loss of two directors, a Citi analyst says it'll be good
Hellman & Friedman will shed all of its 12.6 million shares to 'partners' and TPG will reduce holding to 17% of LPL's float
August 15, 2013 – 4:46 PM
Five reasons why 'summer-is-slow' is no excuse for an advisor to slow down
If you want to mail it in for a couple months, fine, but know that you're missing a chance to get real things done minus the distractions
August 15, 2013 – 5:28 AM
Charles Goldman makes a green investment that involves black and white analysis
The ex-Schwab and ex-Fidelity RIA chief sees a future for a tiny fund that Morningstar rated in the top 1% of 182 in its first three months of existence
August 14, 2013 – 4:44 AM
Morningstar takes a big stake in a startup gunning to be the Bloomberg for RIAs
Flush with $8 million in VC dollars, YCharts is betting that its data feed and content can challenge the Bloomberg behemoth by filling a hole for wealth and hedge fund managers