Custodians

AUG 11, 2013
By  mlanche
Firm Phone/website Head of RIA custody business # of clients % change vs. 2012 Assets under custody ($M) % change vs. 2012 Minimum assets of advisers
1 Schwab Advisor Services (877) 687-4085
schwabadvisorcenter.com
Bernie Clark, Executive vice president and head of Schwab Advisor Services 70001 0.0% $895,000.0 0.0% None
2 TD Ameritrade Institutional (800) 934- 6124
tdainstitutional.com
Thomas Nally, President 45001 0.0% N/D N/A None
3 Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (800) 735-3756
fiws.fidelity.com
Michael Durbin, President of Institutional Wealth Services 3,213 -2.6% $660,000.0 19.3% $15M
4 Trade-PMR Inc. (888) 579-8640
tradepmr.com
Robb W. Baldwin, President, CEO 1,364 10.9% N/D N/A None
5 Scottrade Advisor Services (866) 306-7135
advisor.scottrade.com
Brian A. Davis, Head of Scottrade Advisor Services 1,250 13.6% N/D N/A None
6 Shareholders Service Group (800) 380-7370
ssginstitutional.com
Peter Mangan, President, CEO 1,088 11.6% N/D N/A None
7 Pershing Advisor Solutions (800) 445-4467
pershing.com/ria
Mark Tibergien, CEO 547 4.2% $1,182,000.0 18.0% $100M
8 Folio Institutional (703) 245-4000
folioinstitutional.com
Greg Vigrass, President, CEO 405 7.4% N/D N/A None
9 Raymond James Financial Services, Investment Advisors Division (888) 399-1237
advisorchoice.com/ria
Bill Van Law, President 280 1.8% $82,000.0 13.9% $50M
10 LPL Financial LLC (800) 877-7210
joinlpl.com
Matthew Enyedi, Senior vice president of RIA Services 1992 30.9% $466,960.0 72.4% None
11 National Advisors Trust Co. (913) 234-8200
nationaladvisorstrust.com
Kevin D. Hobbs, Senior vice president of operations 144 3.6% $82,548.0 10.5% None
12 Trust Co. of America (800) 955-7808
trustamerica.com
David Barry, CEO 142 4.4% $113,000.0 13.0% None
13 RBC Advisor Services (888) 665-7630
rbc-as.com
Catie Tobin, Head of RBC Correspondent & Advisor Services 99 10.0% $116,200.0 11.7% $100M
As of June 30.1 Company estimate.2 As of March 31. N/A = not available. N/D = not disclosed. Source: InvestmentNews Data

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