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NEWS RIAS AUG 11, 2014
Financial Engines CEO to step down in 2015

Lawrence Raffone will replace CEO and co-founder Jeffrey Maggioncalda, who will leave Jan. 1.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS AUG 11, 2014
HighTower adds $440M team from Merrill

The hybrid firm has brought on over $1 billion in assets from the wirehouse in the past month.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS AUG 11, 2014
HighTower adds $400 million RIA to partnership

Firm adds 43rd team to its partnership as it begins deploying funds from a $100M loan to boost recruiting. <i>See <a href=&quot;http://data.investmentnews.com/aotm/&quot;>IN's Advisers on the Move</a> for other big deals.</i>

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS AUG 11, 2014
HighTower nabs top FiNet recruiter

Firm signs Kimberly Hollenbeck to help recruit on the West coast; fills position left open by Kevin Geary.

By Mason Braswell
4 reasons not to launch your own hybrid RIA
NEWS RIAS AUG 11, 2014
4 reasons not to launch your own hybrid RIA

Does setting up a hybrid RIA firm make sense for your practice? Here are four factors to consider.

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS RIAS AUG 10, 2014
Advisers rebuilt investors' faith

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS AUG 10, 2014
TD Ameritrade swims upmarket

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS AUG 08, 2014
3 qualities all advisers' outsourcing partners should share

Critical to find outsourcing partners who have the necessary expertise, are trustworthy, and can help improve an adviser's business

By Debra L. Morrison
NEWS RIAS AUG 08, 2014
Technology's role in keeping RIAs ahead of the disruption curve

Embracing unifying technology that fortifies practices will help independent advisers secure their businesses' futures.

By Jud Bergman
NEWS RIAS AUG 08, 2014
CFP Board: Talking tough but acting soft

It's time for the CFP Board to be more transparent in its dealings over adviser pay descriptions.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS RIAS AUG 06, 2014
Dilbert creator cracks wise on financial advisers

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Goldman Sachs expects stock and bonds to go their separate ways. Plus: Scott Adams takes on advisers; Putin tosses the sanctions into Obama's court; the Treasury builds a cash stockpile; home-equity loans facing wave of defaults; and can we blame IPOs for last week's market selloff?

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS AUG 05, 2014
Lebenthal lands $600 million BNY Mellon team

Firm continues push toward goal of $5 billion in assets by year's end.

By Mason Braswell
Advisers with $350M in AUM leave bank to form RIA
NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2014
Advisers with $350M in AUM leave bank to form RIA

Team worked together at United Bank &amp; Trust for seven years.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2014
Newborn Lebenthal RIA triples its assets but expects more to come

Lebenthal Holdings stands to triple the size of its new wealth management unit with the acquisition of the business of two Morgan Stanley brokers. But that's just the beginning, if CEO Frank Campanale has his way.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Rethinking succession planning by putting clients first
NEWS RIAS JUL 28, 2014
Rethinking succession planning by putting clients first

When it comes to succession planning, we are seeing positive changes in the advice profession.

By David Canter
NEWS RIAS JUL 28, 2014
$650M broker team breaks away from Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley team with $650 million in assets breaks away to set up shop with help from a new firm, Tru Independence

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUL 28, 2014
HighTower gets $100 million loan

BMO Harris and PNC are lending additional funds as the firm looks to expand new platforms.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS JUL 25, 2014
Why I left a traditional RIA for a robo-adviser

Financial professional Megan Graf makes a career shift to the online advice world, seeing it as an investment in her future. She calls it getting on her rocket ship.

By Megan Graf
NEWS RIAS JUL 24, 2014
Global markets feeling pressure from increased geopolitical risks

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, global markets feel the pressure of an uptick in geopolitical risk, as oil prices move higher. Plus notes on where to go when volatility rises, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS JUL 24, 2014
Betterment for advisers on its way as firm adds trust, tax-loss harvesting products

Betterment Institutional for advisers will launch by early 2015, CEO says.

By Joyce Hanson