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Brian Hamburger: You start with people you know and you really get to the point where you grow into people who are known.

Bringing a familiar ferocity, Brian Hamburger binges on Ivy League grads and wirehouse and securities-firm veterans in MarketCounsel restaffing

With $1-billion RIA firms abounding, the New Jersey lawyer breaks away legal talent from Wall Street to address a blizzard of change

July 14, 2015 at 7:14 PM

James Pooley: The law protects only trade secrets, not employee skill or general knowledge—but what's the difference?

9 ways for RIAs to minimize brain drain and secrets seepage in an era of employee mobility

Know the law, sure, but more importantly treat the smartest, most creative employees as the valuable assets they are

July 13, 2015 at 4:40 PM

Mike Durbin: Now we can say: Here's the data.

Fidelity dissects the breakaway cycle with a new study

On average it's a seven-month process, and many advisors admit that they are winging it

February 1, 2012 at 3:27 PM

Jack Waymire: Given a choice -- and most of the time investors are not given this choice -- how would they compensate advisors they are dependent on for specialized knowledge, advice, and services.

Should I dump my securities licenses?

The cons -- and mostly pros -- of moving from the the B-D to RIA or IAR model

November 10, 2011 at 6:12 AM

Brooke Southall: The RIA's ultimate value proposition is your belief that it is your destiny as one to help clients realize theirs.
October 28, 2011 at 2:56 PM

Chip Roame says to look for the wirehouses to announce halfway houses in the next 12 months.

10 things worth knowing from yesterday's Tiburon CEO Summit

Chip Roame sugarcoats nothing and it keeps 150-plus top execs on the edge of their seats

October 13, 2011 at 3:03 PM

Jeff McClure: I still only have half the net income I had as a broker-rep, but it is a very reliable and consistent income.

Two Texans talk turkey about moving from an IBD model to an RIA model

Jeff McClure was able to bring Sean Kernan closer to his way of thinking by letting him in on his experiences

October 7, 2011 at 5:38 AM

The term "RIA" suffers both from definers who provide too much nuance and too little.

What exactly is an RIA?

The letters stand for registered investment advisor but then it gets complicated

October 4, 2011 at 3:07 PM

Tim Oden: If clients fire the market then they don't need financial advisors.

The booming breakaway market could be slowed by the sick stock market, say Raymond James and Schwab

Dislocation at places like UBS and Merrill Lynch helps recruiters until the point where clients are thoroughly spooked

September 23, 2011 at 4:06 AM

Tony Sirianni: Our biggest issue has been overwhelming demand.

Revenge of the branch managers: Washington Wealth is rapidly putting ex-wirehouse workers in play nationwide

The fledgling RIA is swamped with interest and likes its high-class problems

August 12, 2011 at 5:14 AM

Scott Collins: I felt there was a better way. I had one [platform] I could sell. It was like an advisor showing one mutual fund.

Two former LPL execs set up a breakaway boutique that works with Raymond James and Schwab, among others

Flush with IPO cash, Scott Collins and Scott Miller were determined to have open-recruiting architecture and more counseling

July 29, 2011 at 2:29 PM

Michael Durbin: It may seem elegant and easy to take a check and walk across the street, but it’s important to spend the time to get to the right destination.

Fidelity study: Breakaway RIAs could pocket millions in after-tax profits

Dazzling wirehouse retainer deals are nice but going it alone can pay much, much better after taxes get figured in

June 7, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Scott Dell'Orfano: The average is well up from what we saw at this time last year
January 27, 2011 at 2:54 PM

Rich Saperstein's practice has doubled its high net worth assets under management since joining HighTower.
January 11, 2011 at 2:51 PM

“We’ve always enjoyed the culture of the Smith Barney enterprise,” said Tim Oden, wryly.

Five things I learned about the subterranean breakaway movement at IMPACT 2010, including that Tim Oden's been promoted at Schwab

Big custodian grows sales staff to handle rising tide of defection-minded IBD reps, heightened demands of wirehouse breakaways

November 1, 2010 at 4:22 AM

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