by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The number of RIA firms merging last year was
a record breaker, according to a new report from Schwab Advisor
Services.
by
Evan Simonoff
Lawyer Brian Hamburger ensures advisors like Kim Ip exit wirehouses the right way.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
How two fee-only planning firms decided merging their practices was the right idea.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Fidelity Investments helped 146 individual brokers and teams managing
$12 billion in assets go independent last year, the company announced
today.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Modera Wealth Management of Westwood, N.J., and Back Bay Financial Group
Inc. of Boston have merged, the principals announced today.
by
Evan Simonoff
The potential expiration of the so-called Bush tax cuts was the driving
force behind LPL Financial's decision to do its initial public
offering in 2010, said LPL CEO Mark Casady.
by
Ray Fazzi
United Capital Financial Partners has completed its acquisition of
Zirkin-Cutler Investments Inc., a Bethesda, Md.-based wealth manager
with more than $1.6 billion under management.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Charles A. Moran, CFP, a college professor and personal financial
services pioneer, has been named chair of the Board of Directors of the
CFP Board of Standards.
by Bruce W. Fraser
With new leadership at its parent AIG, Advisor Group's trio of broker-dealers venture forth on the road to recovery.
by Chester C. Wright
Small RIA firms are a slowly dying breed, like one-of-a-kind
restaurants, independent cleaners and independent auto repair shops. In this world, the options are to sell or grow.
by
Karen DeMasters
In the age of e-mail, Twitter and Facebook, why do some financial advisors think it's important to open satellite offices?
Modern Bank NA, a lender to the wealthy where former football
quarterback Joe Montana is vice chairman, hired a Citigroup Inc. veteran to lead a turnaround.
Bank of America Corp. won a court order temporarily blocking four
former employees from using and sharing the bank's client records at
their new employer, Dynasty Financial Partners.
by
Ray Fazzi
A former Citigroup executive lured away a top Bank of
America Corp. financial advisor with $5.9 billion in client assets to join a firm for independent advisors.
by
Ray Fazzi
Charles Schwab Corp. has appointed Marie Chandoha as president and CEO
of Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., the investment advisor to
Schwab and Laudus Funds.
by
Ray Fazzi
Munder Capital Management, a money management firm in Birmingham,
Mich., today announced
that it is acquiring Integrity Asset Management of Louisville, Ky.
by
Jeff Schlegel
The industry needs to attract younger advisors, but do opportunities exist?
by
Eric Rasmussen
Burrus Institutional, a young firm worked by two childhood friends, has thrived by catering to employees of BP.
by
Karen DeMasters
An advisory group that earlier this year left Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney has joined HighTower Advisors, a high-flying independent RIA and
broker-dealer based in Chicago.
