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UBS hires advisers with $2 billion in client assets
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 12, 2019
UBS hires advisers with $2 billion in client assets

The two advisers joined the firm in San Francisco and New York.

By Bruce Kelly
Independence means different things to different people in wealth management
NEWS RIAS JUL 08, 2019
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

By Danny Sarch
Former brokers say breaking away to be RIA went better than they feared
NEWS RIAS JUL 02, 2019
Former brokers say breaking away to be RIA went better than they feared

TD Ameritrade Institutional survey predicts continuation of trend toward independence

By Jeff Benjamin
Wall Street is going RIA-ish
NEWS RIAS JUL 01, 2019
Wall Street is going RIA-ish

Big firms creating business models that kinda, sorta, look like an RIA for advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS JUN 27, 2019
Envestnet Tamarac expanding into wirehouses with Merrill partnership

The RIA technology will provide Merrill Private Wealth Management advisers with reporting on held-away assets.

By Ryan W. Neal
Team managing $1.5 billion at UBS creates hybrid
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 27, 2019
Team managing $1.5 billion at UBS creates hybrid

Eleven-person Venture Visionary Partners is based in Toledo, Ohio

By InvestmentNews
Technology can help turn client conversations toward planning in next bear market
NEWS RIAS JUN 24, 2019
Technology can help turn client conversations toward planning in next bear market

Advisers don't want a replay of 2008 when clients bailed out of the advice industry.

By Ryan W. Neal
Financial firms fight over $18 trillion held by poorest of the rich
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 20, 2019
Financial firms fight over $18 trillion held by poorest of the rich

Wealth managers focus their expansion on clients with fast-growing fortunes.

By Bloomberg
Long-shot bid for Wells Fargo CEO job gains steam
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 12, 2019
Long-shot bid for Wells Fargo CEO job gains steam

As other candidates turn down the position, senior executives at the bank support the candidacy of interim CEO Allen Parker.

By Bloomberg
What does it mean when superstar breakaway brokers bolt again?
NEWS RIAS JUN 12, 2019
What does it mean when superstar breakaway brokers bolt again?

The decision by the Luminous team to leave First Republic could have far-reaching repercussions for the entire advice industry.

By Bruce Kelly
Morgan Stanley sees massive growth from giant teams of advisers
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 12, 2019
Morgan Stanley sees massive growth from giant teams of advisers

Andy Saperstein expects some teams to reach $100 million in annual revenue in the future.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 07, 2019
Forget the SEC advice rule — broker-dealers more concerned with CFP Board expanded fiduciary standard ​

CFP Board's updated code of ethics and standards goes live in October.

By Bruce Kelly
Merrill Lynch adding human advisers to Guided Investing robo
NEWS FINTECH JUN 03, 2019
Merrill Lynch adding human advisers to Guided Investing robo

The advisers will fill a service gap between the firm's purely digital, self-directed robo-adviser and the full-service advisers of Merrill Lynch.

By Ryan W. Neal
Finra suspends ex-Morgan Stanley broker who made hundreds of CD trades for elderly client
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 31, 2019
Finra suspends ex-Morgan Stanley broker who made hundreds of CD trades for elderly client

The broker, David Strnad, "exceeded the scope of his authority" when he made the trades, according to Finra.

By Bruce Kelly
JPMorgan's Dimon criticizes Wells Fargo CEO transition
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 28, 2019
JPMorgan's Dimon criticizes Wells Fargo CEO transition

Chief executive says it was 'irresponsible' for the bank to announce Tim Sloan's departure without a succession plan in place.

By Bloomberg
LPL expanding platform to include employee brokers
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 22, 2019
LPL expanding platform to include employee brokers

The largest IBD in the country has agreed to buy a small broker-dealer in Florida to kick off the new effort.

By Bruce Kelly
Greg Fleming, Rockefeller Capital spending big on recruits
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2019
Greg Fleming, Rockefeller Capital spending big on recruits

Firm is offering advisers upwards of three times prior year's revenue to move.

By Bruce Kelly
Bob Oros of HighTower calls protocol exit 'form over substance'
NEWS RIAS MAY 15, 2019
Bob Oros of HighTower calls protocol exit 'form over substance'

The move 'clarifies' where the RIA consolidator is heading, CEO says.

By Jeff Benjamin
Morgan Stanley wealth management clients burned in Uber IPO
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 13, 2019
Morgan Stanley wealth management clients burned in Uber IPO

Elite clients got an early chance to invest in the ridesharing company, and now they're looking at losses.

By Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley advisers win huge $6.4 million deferred comp claim against Credit Suisse
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 08, 2019
Morgan Stanley advisers win huge $6.4 million deferred comp claim against Credit Suisse

The two advisers left Credit Suisse after the company announced it was closing its U.S. brokerage operation.

By Bruce Kelly