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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
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
Why the client segmentation model is outdated and should be replaced

Client segmentation may make business sense, but it defies common client-servicing sense

By Megan Carpenter
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
Advisers' enemy: Time management

Firm owners need to learn to delegate tasks and take advantage of workflow efficiency.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
How to attract prospects who are right under your nose

Elusive new prospects are closer than you think – two advisers find success incorporating hobbies and COI.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RIAS APR 17, 2014
The new rules of adviser compensation

Tibergien, Palaveev, Pomering Reveal Benchmarking Best Practices at InvestmentNews/Moss Adams Event

By John Sullivan
NEWS RIAS APR 16, 2014
A four-way duel among robo-adviser biz models: Which is best?

Breaking down the big categories of online financial advice including what they offer and how much it costs.

By mkitces
NEWS RIAS APR 16, 2014
Using digital potholes to slow the pace of high-frequency traders

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fighting technology with technology. Plus: Know your ETF or don't invest, how not to advise clients, a pyramid to financial success, biotech on the rebound, and Russia addresses meat shortage with the Easter turkey

By Jeff Benjamin