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Tom McGuirk: "It was this intense feeling of euphoria and also a moment of whoa! I am really a business owner now."

How an Olympic hurdler and Smith Barney broker made the leap to his own RIA

Goal oriented: Tom McGuirk put his breakaway date on the wall in the place where his running time used to be

July 16, 2010 at 3:27 AM

Dorie Rosenband: I invested $150,000 and still haven’t taken a salary, so this was a significant financial event for my family, but so worthwhile!

Dorie Rosenband's post-maternity return to Smith Barney shocked her into becoming a RIA

Seeking to build a practice serving women-in-transition, she hopes to attract other women advisors, too

July 9, 2010 at 6:25 AM

H.A. McGill didn't have Ameriprise on his radar until friends told him the give it a look.

How Ameriprise used its franchise system to snare a Smith Barney breakaway

H.A. McGill found that the Minneapolis broker-dealer was friendly to tuck-in deals

July 6, 2010 at 5:26 AM

Elliot Weissbluth: The Dean Witter and Morgan Stanley cultures never integrated so you have two cultures taking in a third culture – Smith Barney.

HighTower doubles recruiting staff and seeks green pastures of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney brokers

Unforeseen interest in potential breakaways accelerates plans of big aggregator

April 22, 2010 at 7:11 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

Patrick J. Burns: I'm not sure the SEC or FINRA has the stomach for a return to the days of heavy litigation.

Broker Protocol may be endangered by complexities as membership starts to explode

Merrill Lynch, LPL and Ameriprise create addendums to once-sacred truce; they may spark an unfavorable trend

January 29, 2010 at 4:59 AM

Barnaby Grist says that wirehouse data on attrition is accurate but not telling for breakaways

Schwab and TD Ameritrade pipelines brim with breakaway prospects

Growth rate accelerates despite slowing attrition at wirehouses

January 26, 2010 at 6:25 AM

Bob McCann sends a message that he wants to reward the advisors who stayed with UBS through the hard years

McCann plays his first cards as head of UBS

Keeping more brokers from leaving appears to be the priority

January 6, 2010 at 4:33 AM

Mindy Diamond: A home run for RIAs and recruiters

Page One Wall Street Journal article is a 'home run' for the RIA industry

Story's impact could exceed New York Times article about Smith Barney breakaway two years ago

January 5, 2010 at 7:26 PM

Doug Swope: There’s no independence per se [at a wirehouse]. You’re [restricted] by the [inventory of] products.

Independent-within-Smith Barney breaks away after hitting wall

Former Smith Barney peers light fuse for Swope independence

November 18, 2009 at 6:17 AM

Thomas B. Lewis: “There are RIA firms joining that are trying to recruit large producers.”

RIAs drive explosive growth of the Broker Protocol; signatories triple

The wirehouse legal truce is now a poaching tool for advisory roll-ups; Merrill Lynch applauds its wide use

November 17, 2009 at 4:49 AM

Barnaby Grist: “We think the rest of the year looks good but we can’t expect the strength of September to continue.”

Schwab and TD Ameritrade go on breakaway recruiting tear in September

Larger number of bigger teams seek greener pastures as RIAs

October 16, 2009 at 5:52 AM

Matthew Cooper: “These guys are hyper-sensitive to changes in the grid.”

Citi advisors seek potential suitors after McWhinney's tectonic pay shift

Beacon Pointe is busy interviewing nervous Citi advisors

October 14, 2009 at 3:37 AM

Deborah McWhinney: We really don’t have enough teams to serve the market

Citigroup puts RIAs at the center of its strategy to retain banking clients

McWhinney's custody plan for RIAs may reunite her with Charles Goldman

October 6, 2009 at 5:49 AM

Thomas McGuirk: I didn't like the person I was during those three months

The number one obstacle to completing a clean breakaway from a wirehouse

Leading a double life is not for the faint of heart

October 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM

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