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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

Will Kelly: We're not just a lift out.

United Capital signs on former advisors and principals of Harold C. Brown & Co.

The strategic buyer has found advisors who don't mind being employees -- as long as they can spend more time with clients

January 26, 2012 at 6:11 AM

Joe Duran: They're basically an RIA inside a broker-dealer platform, which is not a good idea.

United Capital extracts a 40-employee, mega-growth team from LPL

The big strategic buyer gets assets of Peak Capital Investment Services, a $600-million firm that has grown 12-fold in less than a decade

November 2, 2011 at 10:05 PM

Mark Benioff: ...So shall we see a Corporate Spring in companies that will be tossing out executives who do not bridge the Social Divide.

Dreamforce review: Social media enters the business cloud and why RIAs should care

Salesforce's annual event was a city in a city for a cult-like following of 45,000, including many financial advisors

September 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM

Joe Duran: we do not believe this is a redux of the 2008 debacle, but we are being cautious just in case. Finding market bottoms is a messy process.

Joe Duran calls current market hoopla The Great Perception Recession of 2011

On CNBC and in a letter to clients, the United Capital chief calls for caution but with a healthy dose of skepticism

August 14, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Stacey Lau Welsh gave up her investment banking career to manage wealth. 'I can work hard and sleep in my own bed.'

Three happenings in the RIA world right now

The Innovative Alternative Strategies conference kicks off; United Capital brings aboard two high-level women advisors; and Ron Rhoades finally gets recognized for his efforts

June 22, 2011 at 2:26 PM

Dave Welling may play a pivotal role in whether Advent's Black Diamond acquisition makes the combined entity more like the Google or Microsoft of portfolio management systems.

Five recent articles that show the RIA business just keeps hitting milestones

Advent buys Black Diamond, Carson goes RIA, Duran champions consolidation, Schwab goes full-out into franchises, Brightscope grades RIAs

June 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM

Joe Duran: “When [my wife and I] are having an argument, my goals and dreams are adapting right there.

Joe Duran tries out novel financial planning strategy on himself and his wife

United Capital is seeking a replicable method for counseling high-net-worth couples

June 14, 2011 at 2:34 PM

Andrew Salesky: It’s come up many times in the past. The timing is right.

Schwab spells out the details of its franchise plan

The San Francisco broker is making five-year deals with dozens of financial advisors from across advisory channels

June 8, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Joe Duran:  "I think it’s exactly like the travel agency. These one-man shops think things aren’t changing. They don’t realize it until it’s too late.”

Why Joe Duran believes that classic RIA firms face extinction

Baby Boomers' expectations and rising technology could put a new squeeze on the old model

May 17, 2011 at 2:47 PM

Chip Roame: This round of financial advisor aggregators is far better capitalized, and has far deeper management teams – and boards of directors.

This generation of advisor aggregators puts the roll-up ghosts to bed, for now

Questions linger about what some firms will look like post-IPO or merger

February 3, 2011 at 1:56 PM

The Top 10 on RIABiz last month included a story about Charles Goldman.

What advisors care about: technology, hiring, Schwab's lawsuit against a broker hit top RIABiz stories this month

A new platform for alternative assets, plus the regulatory moves expected this year also make the list

January 17, 2011 at 4:18 PM

Joe Duran: We’ll be a $100-million revenue RIA in two to three years.

One of a new breed of roll-ups taking center stage, United Capital is churning out deals again

After a broken engagement slowed its progress, the company is on a buying spree

September 20, 2010 at 5:06 AM

Matt Camden shows off an iPad that is now compatible with HighTower's tech platform

HighTower Advisors and United Capital seek to stamp out wirehouse feel by embracing Apple technology

The aggregators see risk in standing pat with PC technology when advisors use Macs at home

May 6, 2010 at 6:28 AM

Readership on RIABiz has been surprisingly international

What do RIAs care about?

A breadcrumb path through RIABiz into the mind of financial services entrepreneurs

April 7, 2010 at 5:46 AM

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