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RIAs bite their nails when deciding to sell the firm
Seventy percent experience anxiety over the decision, HighTower study finds.
Navigating the RIA ecosystem
Firms that maintain open architecture and touch points will endure and grow.
HighTower growth strategy shows no fear of buying high
The $71 billion RIA consolidator acquires its fourth $1-billion-plus firm this year.
Smaller RIAs are selling like hotcakes
Deals during the first nine months of 2019 have already surpassed the total for all of 2018.
Refined Metrics for RIAs: Improving Performance Measurement
Hindsight is 20/20, but it doesn't tell you much about the future.
RIAs acquiring firms at record pace
Fueled by mergers and acquisitions and a bull market, the size of RIAs as measured by AUM has exploded.
Massachusetts fines RIA $225,000 over conflicted advice
Principals of Wellesley firm recommended buying stock of company in which they had an interest.
Independence means different things to different people in wealth management
Some define it as starting their own firm, while others insist it means having full control over investment products and client relationships
Fixed-income solutions for breakaways entering the RIA space
Wirehouse advisers fear that they'll have less access to fixed-income investments in the independent space, but the opposite is true.
5 building blocks to becoming a successful buyer
RIA sellers want a buyer that has a brand and vision that align with their own, as well as a strategy to integrate and grow the business.
RIA firms optimistic about hiring and asset growth
Study: Biggest concerns are cybersecurity, a possible market downturn and regulation
5 characteristics of growth-restrained RIAs
Common problems impeding RIAs' ability to expand, and how to correct them.
Biggest RIA gainers
$1B+ fee-only RIAs ranked by year-over-year growth in total assets.
The biggest obstacles to building a billion-dollar RIA
Successful entrepreneurs share the unexpected setbacks they faced in developing their advisory firms.
Largest fee-only RIAs by region, based on assets under management
InvestmentNews Research sorted through Form ADVs to rank the top independent firms in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West.
Taking the plunge and becoming an RIA
Fear is what keeps most advisers from fulfilling their greatest potential.
Can financial advisers save clients from the financial ravages of opioid addiction?
About 36% of advisers have worked with clients who were addicted or had family members addicted to opioids, according to a recent InvestmentNews survey.
Assets at RIAs growing at 5.8%: report
Investment Adviser Association and NRS also say number of firms increased by 2.7% year over year.
RIAs seeing the upside of formal investment committees
When it comes to managing client assets, some financial advisers are embracing increased levels of structure and accountability…
RIA Marc Broidy pleads guilty to stealing $1.5M from clients
The registered investment adviser faces up to five years in prison, as well as criminal forfeiture and a fine
