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Mitchell Reiner: It's advisors that created this, [it's] not a 1-800 number.

How a $1 billion Atlanta RIA is getting fellow RIAs to funnel it their small-ticket clients

Wela nabbed $40 million right off the bat from its parent, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, and has Schwab veteran Paul Scudellari to ensure that assets are soon measured in billions

October 4, 2012 at 4:23 AM

Walter Bettinger: The line of people who have expressed interest is long.

Technical challenges may push Schwab's ETF-only 401(k) plan schedule into 2014 -- deferring an intriguing financial clinical trial

The bad news for Bettinger: a few million more lines of code; The good news: Fidelity won't seek to capitalize on the extended deadline

October 3, 2012 at 3:58 AM

Rich Steinberg: We're essentially hiring ourselves.

A big Schwab RIA in Florida launches a mass-market venture with Placemark and Schwab as the key pieces

Rich Steinberg is using, in effect, his own RIA as the manager to clients of a startup RIA, outsourcing the technology and counting on Schwab referrals

October 1, 2012 at 4:33 AM

Matt Judge: Demand reached a head recently.

Not without criticism, TD Ameritrade opens an 'insurance agency' for RIAs that want to provide annuities

Schwab says it will also use more annuities to meet the swelling demand for retirement income but Jefferson National's CEO questions the custodians' focus on traditional annuities

September 28, 2012 at 4:19 PM

Charles Goldman: The number of hybrids has been tapering off and it's been tapering off for a while.
September 28, 2012 at 4:17 PM

Shirl Penney (l.) and Elliot Weissbluth (middle) take their turns listening as Rudy Adolf (r.) explains his firm's impressive M&A feats.

What exactly the CEOs of HighTower, Focus Financial and Dynasty Financial revealed when they shared a stage in Las Vegas

Aggregator honchos appeared together under the unloved roll-up tag to highlight differing and evolving facets of their firms

September 25, 2012 at 4:49 AM

Ron Carson: There was a lot more to [acquisitions] than we thought.

Ron Carson launches roll-up/TAMP-like venture with Envestnet, TD Ameritrade and Advizent as puzzle pieces

The biggest of LPL's affiliates shows a walk-before-run approach to inorganic growth

September 24, 2012 at 5:15 AM

Walt Bettinger: They’re not in response to something else that someone has said.

Walt Bettinger strikes back to show that Charles Schwab won't be bested in the brewing ETF price war

The Schwab CEO says that moves are permanent and that ETFs are not a loss-leader for his firm

September 21, 2012 at 4:38 PM

Joe Masterson: It's always bugged me that passive investors weren't paying their fair share.

RIAs join move to right a 401(k) wrong: Lopsided plan expenses -- a non-DOL issue

Participants using mutual funds with active management pay for their passively managed brethren; with fiduciary issues being taken for real, this is a problem

September 20, 2012 at 5:01 AM

Doug Pyle: U.S. Trust possessed that common culture of trust and personal responsibility for our clients.

Dynasty clinches an ex-U.S. Trust advisor's trust by playing its U.S. Trust card

Doug Pyle and Radnor Capital were absorbed by the firm back in 1999 and now they're finding footing in independence again

September 20, 2012 at 4:58 AM

Ron Ferguson revitalized the RIA-owned trust company when he came aboard in 2008.

Ron Ferguson steps down as CEO of National Advisors Trust after 4-1/2 years

The executive proved an adept turnaround artist; now the RIA-owned company is left to search for his replacement

September 12, 2012 at 4:20 AM

Kevin Kraus: This is the bread and butter of our platform.

Revamping its trading platform, Schwab at long last is poised to catch up with its smaller peers

The giant RIA custodian explains it deliberate pace as a balancing of innovation with the veracity of the existing platform

September 7, 2012 at 4:29 AM

Roger Hewins: We could end up with thousands of small clients.

A $2.5 billion RIA makes its mass-market bid for thousands of new clients

Hewins Financial is making the no-minimum move after a six-figure investment in Tamarac software

September 4, 2012 at 4:11 AM

The M Resort is a sufficient RIA magnet -- though it shares characteristics with a suburban metroplex

'Ocean's Eleven'-grade RIA sharpies set to play Vegas at MarketCounsel's 2012 Summit

A remarkably varied lineup of industry A-listers are odds-on to spark lively conversation at the compliance confab

August 31, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Ron Ferguson: We won't lose.

TD, Fidelity and Schwab get green light to custody assets of advisors who use National Advisors Trust

Fido and TD Ameritrade are on board with the RIA-owned custodian and trust company but Schwab is still weighing its options

August 23, 2012 at 3:37 AM

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