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Rudy Adolf has made Focus Financial a giant among buyers, but now it may be looking for its own buyer.

Summit Partners is reportedly shopping around its stake in Focus Financial

Focus has wheeled and dealed this year with acquisitions and big lines of credit -- now this

May 24, 2012 at 4:24 AM

John Beirne: It was really traumatic to go to my manager's office and resign.

A $2 billion, 69-year-old Merrill Lynch advisor passes up the gold watch in favor of breaking away

Fearing the loss of massive public accounts, John Beirne swallowed the idea of independence with help from Focus Financial

February 16, 2012 at 4:33 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

Garry Taylor says he likes the Focus model better because advisory firms get to keep their identity.

Second ex-Fidelity exec in a year nabbed by Focus Financial

Garry Taylor's hire comes as Focus shifts it emphasis from acquiring existing RIAs to luring breakaway brokers

January 20, 2012 at 5:01 AM

Peter Hess drove the Advent-Black Diamond merger and may have created an RIA-friendly monster.

The 10 most influential figures in the RIA business going into 2012, Part 2

These advisors and executives made dramatic moves that advanced the business of registered investment advisors

January 4, 2012 at 5:46 AM

Lori Van Dusen has been thinking about starting an RIA for 20 years but the 'pieces' couldn't be assembled to her liking, until now.

Dynasty Financial wins the account of Lori Van Dusen's new RIA through Focus Financial

The arrangement holds the possibility of a symbiotic advisor-vendor relationship between the wealth management platform and the big aggregator

October 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Michael Nathanson: If there is no IPO, we'd still be comfortable holding shares.

A look inside Focus Financial's big deal with The Colony Group

The Boston RIA put the big New York aggregator under a microscope and used high-end lawyers and investment bankers for added vetting

September 23, 2011 at 4:37 AM

Rudy Adolf: “This is an area we wanted to invest in and we wanted to add additional resources. The thing we’ve figured out better than anyone else is how to invest in entrepreneurs.”

Focus Financial pivots to breakaway strategy with Fidelity recruit

Mark Dupont will put a new spin on the big aggregator but entrepreneurial bent remains

May 9, 2011 at 2:40 PM

Brian Hamburger: The SEC is lining up the facts so that later the conclusion becomes obvious (it can’t regulate advisors with current resources). ... It’s genius, what they’re looking to do, but it’s incredibly transparent.

The RIABiz list of winners and losers in the wake of the SEC's fiduciary study

The race is on as laggards adapt to new vision of the future

January 28, 2011 at 1:17 PM

Rudy Adolf: We have plenty of capital and a $40 billion business has a very good cash flow.

After one-year hiatus, Focus Financial buys a large RIA and hits a milestone

The deal brings it to $40 billion as the company makes a big Midwest push

January 12, 2011 at 5:40 PM

Alan Pfeffer: Not only have there been no findings; there have been no allegations.

As DOL investigation continues, Geller Group says it is executing the final stage of a four-year succession plan

Sheldon Geller and Manny Ehrlich have been grooming Alan Pfeffer to take over the 401(k) company since selling a big stake to Focus Financial in 2006, according to the firm's new leader.

July 8, 2010 at 6:56 AM

Marc Channick: Any of the three of us could have turned the other two in and tripled their book of business

A Harvard lawyer, a Columbia MBA and an engineer break away from AllianceBernstein private client unit to form an RIA

The San Diego-based advisors may be among the first to leave the company to turn independent

June 16, 2010 at 5:25 AM

David Brochu: The statement that Focus obtained a restraining order against me is a gross mischaracterization of the circumstances.
May 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM

David Brochu: I am paying the price for asking questions.

[Updated] David Brochu finds his lawsuit against Focus Financial is a rough experience

The Rhode Island RIA keeps up the legal battle to clarify the size of his firm's equity stake

March 30, 2010 at 5:58 AM

Frank Shull: Our pipeline is very full.

Focus Financial looks more like a consolidator-of-consolidators as its partner firms go on buying sprees

Lara, Shull pulls off five deals to nearly double its assets in a year

February 9, 2010 at 5:36 AM

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