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Thomas Smith: There's nothing more exciting than planting the seed and watching it grow.

A giant San Francisco RIA is poaching a Northern Trust talent to create a Chicago duchy

Presidio Group is banking on Tom Smith being able to replicate his business building track record on its behalf -- a lot to live up to

June 14, 2012 at 6:26 AM

Elliot Weissbluth: A few years ago we had this meeting with just 20 of us in our old headquarters in the basement eating deli sandwiches.

What happened when HighTower assembled its RIAs at Trump Tower

300 aggregated folks dined lavishly and heard Ed Viesturs; and those perks may have a deeper purpose

May 15, 2012 at 3:15 PM

Richard Saperstein: We wanted to keep our assets at one of the safest institutions in America.

Why some RIAs are jumping through hoops to custody assets with JPMorgan

After selling its RIA unit to RBC, its marquee name, sterling reputation and a new platform continues to draw advisors

April 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM

Danny Sarch: Some guys at Merrill have targeted this date for more than a year.

Merrill Lynch springs a 62-advisor, $13 billion asset leak in the first quarter

February was a cruel month for the wirehouse as payouts and retention bonuses came due; UBS came out smelling like a rose

April 17, 2012 at 5:25 AM

Tony Sirianni: Everything's been faster, bigger, more.

How Washington Wealth is using a million-dollar carrot to lure centers of massive wirehouse influence

The Virginia-based firm is surpassing its growth targets by going way up the ladder for recruits

March 28, 2012 at 4:46 AM

Fred St. Laurent: Sometimes it's complicated to move the other team at the same time.

Breaking away from Merrill with $1 billion of assets, a HighTower RIA returns to scoop up $200 million more

The advisors were on separate teams so Pagnato-Karp Group tested the waters then gave the all-clear signal to Charles Holt

March 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM

John Copeland: We've been having a number of terrific conversations articulating our growth proposition to independent advisory firms.

AMG makes a dramatic entry into wealth management arena, buying majority stake in $10B Veritable

Veritable LP is the first in a series of very big RIAs the giant asset management firm has its eye on

March 21, 2012 at 5:42 AM

Scott D'Alessandro is known to be a driven competitor and only sat out a few months after leaving Fidelity -- probably with decent severance pay.

Former Fidelity rainmaker lands at Schwab after both big custodians reshuffle their East Coast staffing

Scott D'Alessandro could boost Schwab's efforts to gain better traction with aggregators like United Capital and HighTower

March 20, 2012 at 5:00 AM

Jordan Waxman: Our clients are so supportive of my athletic pursuits.

After swimming the English Channel, a $1.4 billion Merrill team member crosses over to HighTower

A New York firm with ultrarich family clients charted the tides for over a year before spanning the waters to independence

March 6, 2012 at 4:58 AM

Leo Kelly: I say to my clients: This is going to be a household name.

HighTower wins a $700 million Merrill Lynch advisor in Maryland horse country and wrests an LA-based IAR from an RIA

The Chicago consolidator's transitions teams had a brutally busy Presidents' weekend bringing aboard teams on both coasts simultaneously, from Merrill and The Presidio Group

February 23, 2012 at 4:19 AM

Rudy Adolf: We have more capital than anyone else in the (advisory-buying) industry.

Focus Financial gains access to 'huge money' -- $320 million in credit

The capital hoard positions the big aggregator to double its advised assets, one observer says

February 1, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Jim Pupillo: I looked at several vendor platforms to support us if we went completely independent.

HighTower stages its first raid of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's elite consulting unit

A famous loyalist, Jim Pupillo crusaded for years to bring about change internally at Smith Barney before finally defecting

January 24, 2012 at 5:52 AM

Chip Roame: They can offer a traditional payout of 40% or so and pay for personnel, rent, technolog or they can pay a higher payout.

Wirehouses will create their own independent models, Tiburon report says

WIll 2012 be the year that wirehouse 'halfway houses' catch fire?

January 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM

Mike Durbin: We want to have the largest clients with the most assets. We're going after the largest teams and getting them.

Mike Durbin is putting his stamp on Fidelity as an RIA custodian for asset-flush breakaways

The leader is working to improve its customer services as the custodian pours big bucks into upgrading its tech offerings

October 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM

HighTower plucked Ann Reider from an MSSB  branch in close proximity to HighTower's Chicago headquarters

Casting a wider net for talent, HighTower poaches an MSSB branch manager

After three years of relentlessly recruiting brokers from Wall Street firms, the strategic buyer will go to wirehouses to top off its managerial talent

October 21, 2011 at 2:08 PM

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