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NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2010
Roll-up firms get squeezed by backers and RIA firms

Businesses that specialize in consolidating independent-advisory firms — particularly, consolidators known as roll-ups — are under strain, according to participants in the ventures, investment bankers and consultants.

By Jed Horowitz
What's in Obama's portfolio?
NEWS RIAS MAY 16, 2010
What's in Obama's portfolio?

President Barack Obama's success as an author continued to add to his wealth last year as he and first lady Michelle Obama reported having assets of between $2.3 million and $7.7 million.

By Bloomberg
Bill Gates' father: 'Rich people aren't paying enough' in taxes
NEWS RIAS MAY 13, 2010
Bill Gates' father: 'Rich people aren't paying enough' in taxes

The software billionaire's father is spearheading an initiative to impose a state tax on Washington's wealthy

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS MAY 10, 2010
Washington has found its scapegoat in Goldman 

The hearings last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations into The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s behavior during the mortgage bubble was a show trial designed to deflect responsibility for the bubble and its aftermath from Washington.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS RIAS MAY 06, 2010
Blog: An emotional response to today is 'completely unnecessary'

This is obviously a big panicked reaction. It could last for days or be over by tomorrow but recognize it for what it is, a panic.

By Mark Bruno
More breakaway brokers joining established RIAs, says Schwab
NEWS RIAS MAY 06, 2010
More breakaway brokers joining established RIAs, says Schwab

Of the 172 new adviser teams that joined Schwab in 2009, fully 42% went to existing RIAs. That's a big change from previous years

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS RIAS MAY 06, 2010
OpINion online: Sow or reap? That's the question for advisers

My friends at <a href=www.businesshealth.com>Business Health</a>, an international consulting firm that specializes in financial advisory businesses, recently came out with a report comparing the financial &#8220;health&#8221; of Australian advisory practices today with their condition in 2007.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS MAY 06, 2010
At boot camp, advisers learn social-media tools

Why 20 advisers shelled out $300 apiece in hopes of finding ways to use social-media in their respective businesses.

By Davis Janowski
NEWS RIAS MAY 04, 2010
Former UBS reps form new RIA

Three former UBS advisers form an independent registered investment advisory firm called Mississippi Investment Management.

By Lisa Shidler
NEWS RIAS APR 29, 2010
Stifel Financial diving into RIA custody business

Stifel Financial Corp., which has been expanding its Stifel Nicolaus &amp; Co. retail- brokerage business aggressively, is about to make a push into serving registered investment advisers.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2010
Questioning the SEC's case against Goldman Sachs

The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a big gamble by going after The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Wall Street's premier investment bank has the will and legal firepower to fight back.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2010
M&A of RIAs hits record level

In the first quarter this year, more than half of the transactions involved advisers with $250 million or less in assets. Historically, these smaller advisers accounted for just a third of deals.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2010
2010 clearing firms trends and analysis

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS APR 23, 2010
Do Firms Sue When They Are Afraid to Compete?

How can an Advisor or a Firm &quot;own&quot; someone else's money?

By Danny Sarch
NEWS RIAS APR 22, 2010
Schwab reverses course on alternatives

The firm says it will once again accept the assets in its custody unit

By Dan Jamieson
Wall Street ramps up hiring as profits return
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
Wall Street ramps up hiring as profits return

The top firms are starting to expand payrolls, albeit gradually. If form follows, non-banks will soon start adding more employees, too

By Associated Press
HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
HighTower broker sued for selling investments tied to Ponzi scheme

Investors claim Curtis Lyman sold them promissory notes in a feeder fund for $1.4B scam

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
Morgan Stanley wealth manager moves to HighTower

HighTower Advisors LLC has hired another adviser from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC's ranks &#8212; despite facing a continuing &#8220;lift-out&#8221; lawsuit that Morgan Stanley brought against it last month.

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS APR 21, 2010
HighTower snatches longtime Morgan Stanley team

HighTower Advisors LLC announced today that it has snapped up another team of advisers, this time from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.

By Hilary Johnson
TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: We have 'firepower' for an acquisition
NEWS RIAS APR 20, 2010
TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: We have 'firepower' for an acquisition

E*Trade Financial Corp. shares gained the most since December after TD Ameritrade CEO noted that his firm could pull off a major deal

By Bloomberg