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Barnaby Grist: I do hope to come back to this industry and even to Cetera if the timing is right.

In the wake of an unusual HR event, Cetera is seeking its new Barnaby Grist

Donald Marron has worked to bring class to the IBD business ands Grist captured that in human form

April 8, 2013 at 4:14 AM

Tom Bartholomew: I don't have to have the downtime and overhead and the legal costs of running the independent RIA.

How one IBD rep just zoomed to $1 billion AUM -- on his way to $2 billion -- but remains impervious to calls from RIA custodians

Tom Bartholomew says that his pull with Commonwealth gives him more time with clients and extra-responsive service

March 27, 2013 at 4:16 AM

Scott Curtis says the payout changes were made with RIA custodians like Schwab, TD Ameritrade and Pershing in mind more than broker-dealers.

Raymond James launches 'phenomenal' RIA-like pay structure to the $100 million set

The custodian hopes its keep-all-the-gravy pay scheme will keep its own advisors from defecting and win would-be RIAs

March 19, 2013 at 7:52 PM

Aaron Klein: I'm hoping that our entire industry will rise up and throw the idea of selling IPOs and derivatives to grandmothers under the bus.

Riskalyze debuts website featuring 'worst' wirehouse portfolios to shock and attract clients

Horror stories abound -- like the 82-year-old widow who has 15% of her holdings in Apple stock and 9% in Facebook

February 15, 2013 at 6:14 AM

Joe Duran: We really think our next wave of growth will be to open offices around the country with our retail brand.

United Capital's Joe Duran throttles back on deals as he opens an RIA version of Hamburger University

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

November 28, 2012 at 4:44 AM

Dwight Mathis: By the time they graduate after 43 months it'll put clear blue sky between us and our competition.

Merrill Lynch makes bold moves to train new recruits for an RIA-centric future

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

November 21, 2012 at 4:35 PM

Bryan Chew (l.) with his team: I felt there wasn't anyone I could turn to at LPL.

Commonwealth racks up a $100 million LPL team by using its broker-dealer's greater size against it

The Waltham, Mass.--based IBD believes this is LPL's soft underbelly because small-and -familial is why many advisors joined the old Linsco/Private Ledger from wirehouses in the first place

August 9, 2012 at 5:50 AM

Larry Roth's proposed purchase proves that AIG's Advisor Group is finally playing offense after the 2008 meltdown of its parent organization.

Press report: AIG pays in the ballpark of $115 million -- or $82,000 per rep -- for Woodbury

The low price-per-rep may reflect the fact that few of Woodbury's advisors are high-end producers with sophisticated clients, one analyst says

August 1, 2012 at 4:22 AM

Walt Bettinger: This is a whole new ball game when you're a franchise with Schwab

Walt Bettinger explains to Wall Street why some prospects are balking at investing in Schwab franchises

The Schwab CEO tells listeners of the interim update that the $10 million asset-gathering quota is a psychological hurdle -- but one that can be overcome

April 27, 2012 at 3:01 PM

Mike Bindas: We're very impressed on how they kept it together.

Securities America shifts back on offense as it wins a $350 million advisory firm from Investment Centers of America

After weathering scandal and sale, the Omaha, Neb. firm has signed on Great Plains Financial, a hybrid advisory with an eye toward growth

February 24, 2012 at 4:24 PM

Ron Shevlin: Advisors are jumping on the bandwagon without a clear understanding of what they're doing there.

Early adopters of social media, RIAs are growing disenchanted with its power to drum up new business

Advisors must become better marketers before they can optimize social media, experts say

December 29, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Mary Murphy is carrying the Schwab brand on her shoulders.

And they're off! Schwab opens the doors to its first independent franchise ... in New Hampshire

Ex-wirehouse advisor and teacher Mary Murphy puts her toe in the water, perhaps leading the way

December 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM

Ryans Shanks: What’s stopped you in the past is that internal mechanism that tells you not to run your own business. Now, you can see all of the firms.

Ryan Shanks and Ned Van Riper eHarmonize big-fee broker recruiting

JoinAFirm.com is expected to give independent firms more play by offering more options and keeping it casual

October 27, 2011 at 3:47 AM

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