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RIA and film producer Jim Casey is dead at 52 in the wake of accusations of malfeasance.

Owner of $1.2 billion RIA dies in Palm Springs under mysterious circumstances after swirl of allegations

One client accused Jim Casey of using her assets, unbeknown, to fund ill-fated movie ventures and his Integrated Wealth Management is being sued for misappropriation and mishandling of pension funds and client assets

May 5, 2017 at 6:45 PM

Scott Smith: Schwab and Fidelty can simply decide not to compete with this arrangement.

DFA RIAs remain in turmoil as Schwab and Fidelity ponder matching TD Ameritrade pricing deal and a key couple of basis points

The Austin, Texas-based asset manager says its door is open for negotiation but the two big custodians in San Francisco and Boston remain mum as RIA CEOs are pressing for clarity

May 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM

Christopher Van Slyke: That pricing is very persuasive. As fiduciaries we'd have to consider TDA the favorite.

DFA and TD Ameritrade strike 'strategic' deal with potential to shift RIA custody power axis

Tension in the three-way relationship between Fidelity, Dimensional Fund Advisors and the RIAs who use both vendors creates opening for Tim Hockey

April 24, 2017 at 6:33 PM

When Dave DeVoe (l.) started DeVoe & Co., Tim Kochis was on hand to advise. Now Kochis is managing director.

After sticking his own succession landing, Tim Kochis bags 'retirement' and joins forces with DeVoe & Co. to help other RIAs do same

Tim Kochis helped David DeVoe with his business plan and may become a shareholder as soon as next year

March 13, 2017 at 6:09 PM

Dan Arnold: Let me expand on our first priority: growing our core business.

New LPL CEO Dan Arnold thrills Wall Street in debut by laying out vanilla vision

Deflecting talk of RIA strategies and alliances with giants aside, Mark Casady's successor says LPL Financial's recruiting machine is poised to crank in DOL turmoil cast-offs

February 10, 2017 at 7:55 PM

Fidelity can only offer so much to a Gen X talent like Bob Oros

Fidelity begins search for new RIA national sales manager as Bob Oros goes millennial, vacating a prized position

The kids pioneered the mindset but now the Oroses of the world grab quality-of-work, make-a-difference opportunities that their experience allows them to command

January 14, 2017 at 1:51 AM

Dan Arnold: As an entrepreneur at heart, I am constantly inspired and energized by the work of our advisors and institutions.

LPL takes selling off the table and takes out boisterous Mark Casady at CEO in favor of quiet Dan Arnold

The firm's future as an independent public company is assured for now but the abrupt shift in management style poses new questions

December 6, 2016 at 12:52 AM

Todd Feltz (center, flanked by Brent O’Mara and Wade Behlen): They let us run our RIA business, allowed us to broker business with them, provided compliance and supervision -- and then the game changed.

Why exactly a $2.2 billion RIA hybrid abruptly dumped LPL for Securities America -- and Schwab, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade

Besides cost savings of using diverse custodians, WealthPlan gets past 'crippling workflow' by forming new partnerships with Orion, Salesforce, eMoney and Advisory World

November 7, 2016 at 7:50 PM

Walt Bettinger (with Bernie Clark): It’s fairly safe to say that most of the rest are available for the right check.

As Bernie Clark and Walt Bettinger go on offense, LPL and Wells Fargo names get named and a B2C robo dry-up gets foretold at Schwab IMPACT in San Diego

The Schwab CEO, buoyed by his robo, robust quarterly results and DOL fallout at competitors is on offense -- a state of being RIAs can relate to

October 28, 2016 at 6:41 PM

Tom Heffernan: I automate as much as I can. I can onboard 1,000 accounts today. Just automate so much of what we do that we don't have to add staff.

How a Schwab cast-off became a niche custodian for RIAs who like to trade options

MoneyBlock emerged from BrokersXpress after the San Francisco broker bought it but didn't want IBD reps in its mix

July 13, 2016 at 8:51 PM

Christopher Norton: This campaign shows they are willing to ... run the type of national campaign these advisors could not execute on their own

Schwab wows EXPLORE 2016 crowd with revived bid to advertise RIAs with two magic ingredients: Schwab branding and a budget of 'millions' of dollars

Though skeptical observers call the effort window dressing, the San Francisco custody giant is incorporating lessons learned from the lackluster RIA-Stands-For-You campaign of 2011

June 22, 2016 at 7:50 PM

Mark Tibergien: That's probably our highest priority -- an API store.

Mark Tibergien reveals big Pershing robo future as his firm partners with Vanare, SigFig and Jemstep -- and follows TD Ameritrade's open API lead

In speech at St. Regis in San Francisco, the BNY Mellon RIA unit CEO says Pershing is taking a deeper robo plunge by signing on marquee names

May 4, 2016 at 6:11 PM

Schwab teamed with AmEx months after rival Fidelity switched from AmEx to Visa

As Fidelity divorces American Express, Schwab steps in to launch AmEx cards -- with help from RIAs -- as part of broader effort

Fidelity says the average user got $1,500 in cash back last year, suggesting the average annual card-holder spend is around $75,000

May 2, 2016 at 6:37 PM

Neesha Hathi, who spent six years selling the Schwab-Salesforce super bundle, will now need a new pitch.

Schwab gives Salesforce the heave-ho as hub of Intelligent Integration

150 RIAs are scrambling for a new CRM arrangement ahead of a July 31 drop-dead date as the San Francisco custodian unwinds the once exalted partnership

March 31, 2016 at 3:03 AM

.Bernie Clark: We're quite proud of that [$1 trillion].

Why Schwab execs are 'proud' of holding at $1-trillion custody mark first achieved in 2013 -- and what makes them pleased with its existing 25% RIA custody market share

Candidly canvassing 2015 dings -- including a $12 billion RIA defection -- Walt Bettinger seems at peace with vigilantly guarding Schwab's mighty quarter of the RIA asset pie

February 22, 2016 at 6:43 PM

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