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NEWS RIAS MAY 16, 2014
Finra seeks to beef up use of BrokerCheck

Revives proposal that would require brokerages to link to regulator's database, including disciplinary background info.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS MAY 12, 2014
Raymond James nets $640 million J.P. Morgan duo

The firm picked up a father-son team of Michael and Benjamin Cohen who previously generated $4.2 million in production at J.P. Morgan Securities.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2014
Foreign family offices open outposts in U.S.

Aggressive monetary easing, a shale oil boom that's lowered energy costs and improving corporate balance sheets give the world's largest economy an edge over other regions.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2014
Wirehouse breakaway market seen thawing

After a mostly frigid 2013 for recruiting from wirehouse brokerages, agents responsible for selling those brokers on the benefits of free agency are cautiously optimistic that a thaw has finally set in.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2014
RidgeWorth breaks from SunTrust in private-equity deal

With funding from Lightyear Capital, employees will acquire RidgeWorth at a price of up to $265 million.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS RIAS MAY 08, 2014
E*Trade alumni launch their next big thing

Stock-trading site Kapitall woos investment-shy millennials with its online 'playground.'

By Aaron Elstein
NEWS RIAS MAY 08, 2014
Rise of the machines

Will the rise of online advice platforms make traditional advisers extinct? Advisers face the challenge of defining their usefulness as technology continues to advance.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RIAS MAY 07, 2014
F-Squared pays $35 million to settle claims it misled investors

SEC says company overstated performance of its flagship ETF over a seven-year period, and it charged the former CEO for making false and misleading statements.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS MAY 06, 2014
Breakaway consultant eyes new wirehouse targets

Sanctuary's Jeff Spears says independents need to become more sophisticated to attract top teams.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS MAY 01, 2014
Lazard profit exceeds estimates

Lazard Ltd., the largest independent financial-advisory firm, reported a surge in first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as revenue from advising on mergers doubled.

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS RIAS APR 30, 2014
Former Cetera owner Don Marron returns to the investment advice business

Industry vet says the future lies in retail, with baby boomers retiring and workers being moved to defined contribution plans away from pensions.

By Bruce Kelly
AMG takes minority stake in wealth management firm
NEWS RIAS APR 29, 2014
AMG takes minority stake in wealth management firm

New York firm Clarfeld has about $4B in client assets.

By Michael Shagrin
TD Ameritrade Tech Summit: Identifying the industry's 'game-changers'
NEWS RIAS APR 28, 2014
TD Ameritrade Tech Summit: Identifying the industry's 'game-changers'

At TD Ameritrade's fifth annual forum of top tech thinkers and leaders, innovators and innovations are identified for changing the future of the wealth management business.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS APR 28, 2014
Tech firms honored as the advice industry's most innovative

At the fifth TD Ameritrade Institutional Technology Summit, which has brought together some of the industry's top technology firms, TDAI introduced its first-ever “Veo Integrated Awards.”

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS APR 28, 2014
Schorsch teeing up another possible broker-dealer acquisition

Real estate tycoon's B-D has "exclusivity agreement" to negotiate with one firm, according to SEC filing.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS APR 28, 2014
Finding originality in financial services in a sea of copycats

It is very hard to stand out in such an overwhelmingly cluttered market place. Here's some of Joe Duran's strategies for success.

By Joe Duran
NEWS RIAS APR 25, 2014
Creating clear career path critical to attracting NextGen advisers

Fidelity is even broadening its recruiting efforts to high school students

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2014
Mariner snaps up New York advisory firm with $780M in assets

Deal brings the firm's assets under management to $8.2 billion

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
Midwestern Mariner sails into the Northeast with acquisition

Mariner Wealth Advisors gains majority stake in New Jersey firm with $817M in assets.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
Too much of a good thing? What to do when clients are addicted to wealth

When the need to accumulate money becomes an investor's sole preoccupation, chances are it is a case of "wealth addiction." Find out how advisers have steered clients back from the brink to healthier lifestyles.

By Liz Skinner