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Ed Friedman started at Morgan Stanley in 1985 as an advisor and made his name in a blizzard in Watertown, N.Y.

Dynasty Financial Partners drops its passive-referral strategy and hires a ex-HighTower talent to engineer proactivity

Ed Friedman, once at Elliot Weissbluth's left hand, becomes right-hand man of Shirl Penney after two years of cooling his heels after departure from HighTower

December 3, 2013 at 7:03 PM

Laurie Kamhi: Being a partner and having a say in future development is important to me.

HighTower shifts into high gear with a three-team, $1.2 billion AUM in-three-weeks spree

An alpha predator in 2010, 2011, the Chicago-based rollup, now with with 260 employees, roars again, twice at Merrill Lynch and once at UBS

December 2, 2013 at 6:19 PM

Mark Tibergien in Part II: The balance of power has shifted to advisors, regardless of whether they are on a broker-dealer platform or a custody platform.

Part I: Is the era of the monolithic RIA custodian coming to an end?

RIAs, small custodians, co-ops, study groups, roll-ups, TAMPs, compliance shops, OSJ and IBDs are all chipping away at much of what fit under the roofs of Schwab, Fidelity, TD and Pershing

November 1, 2013 at 4:51 PM

Mike Papedis: For reasons unknown, it hasn't translated to movements.

Deal-making momentum is AWOL 'for reasons unknown,' but HighTower Advisors wins an outsource deal with a fresh $500 million Morgan Stanley breakaway

This deal looks pretty normal, but the Alabama sign-on looks like a pioneer in this eerily quiet market

September 18, 2013 at 3:32 AM

Cara Williams: We do really want to be relevant in the retail space.

Mercer finally makes its 25,000 investment strategies available to RIAs with HighTower as its first big client

Once institutional-only, the New York giant sees greener pastures on the lower (retail) alps of the investment business

July 11, 2013 at 2:40 AM

Scott Wilder: We're gonna be a home for the pissed-off broker.

This Atlanta roll-up start-up plans to reach $1 billion right quick by using hedge fund cash to execute a Schwab template

Scott Wilder offers a 'home' for the $50M-$100M RIA with a no-fine-print 70% payout, Four Seasons offices and a piece of the pie

June 19, 2013 at 5:34 PM

Roger Shaffer: At first, I was looking for an option that didn't exist.

Why Roger Shaffer happily agreed to become a 'HighTower' advisor without getting paid for his practice

After two decades at Merrill and then SunTrust, the Atlanta advisor finally found the right admixture of autonomy, open architecture and paternal assurance

June 4, 2013 at 5:06 PM

Andrew Marsh: It's a way for them to manage the account and get paid on it.

A $15-billion roll-up-like venture in Canada gets a US foothold with a Dynasty Financial deal -- and vice-versa

With the deal, born on a frozen lake in Montana, both companies are attempting to keep assets from crossing their borders

May 1, 2013 at 9:34 AM

Paul Pagnato: They love to block off a day, off-site, out of their business, out of their home, no distractions.

$2-billion HighTower practice hosts UHNW event relating to financial -- and personal -- security

When to tell kids how rich they are and how to unmask sketchy construction workers are two topics covered

April 11, 2013 at 4:36 PM

Margaret Towle had stops at Russell Investments, Northern Trust, a hedge fund, an asset manager and Greycourt before coming to HighTower, and leaving it.

HighTower loses RIA with $1 billion of assets and Northern Trust street cred

Margaret Towle broke the HighTower mold somewhat for having an RIA, not coming from a wirehouse, and serving only 10 clients

April 5, 2013 at 10:54 PM

In a deal that rocked the RIA world, David Hou (pictured) and Mark Sear sold Luminous for a staggering $125 million in cash to a San Francisco bank.

10 most influential RIA figures going into 2013 and how they're reshaping the industry, Part 1

2012 was a year of drama as sweeping deals of unexpected size were struck and the industry took to the Hill to fight against FINRA overlords

March 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM

Mike Papedis: Partnership is not for all advisors.

It won't be long before HighTower's fee-for-service channel revenues draw even with its partner firm revenues

Chicago aggregator is in talks with 50 firms about signing up with the newly unveiled Network and Alliance options

March 4, 2013 at 4:50 AM

Leo Kelly: I broached the subject and said I'd really like for us to work together some day.

This RIA recruited the Morgan Stanley manager who almost recruited him ...

... right after he grabbed a Fortigent CIO-type and hotshot Merrill advisor

February 28, 2013 at 3:50 PM

Mindy Diamond: You can imagine the size of transition packages that he was offered and turned down.

HighTower grabs sought-after $650 million Merrill Lynch 'life sciences' team and shrugs off recent deal slowdown

In the old money town of Philadelphia, the strategic buyer is 'planting a flag' and going after new wealth created in the biotech realm

February 20, 2013 at 5:58 PM

Mike Papedis: It shouldn't be surprising that high-caliber advisors have a following, too.

After a five-month deal-making hiatus, HighTower adds a couple of advisors and hints at a busy 2013

The serial buyer nabs a combined $400-million of tuck-ins-as-partners after a deliberate breath-catching and a financing no-go

January 14, 2013 at 8:41 PM

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