SMA growth has slowed, a natural consequence of maturity.

Raymond James said yesterday it plans to convert itself into a bank.

Having friends, family and acquaintances as clients can be a great gig—if you do it right.

WHEN YOUR FIRM BEGINS TO GROW, YOU HAVE TO HIRE MORE STAFF BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP SOLID PROCESSES TO HELP THEM WORK EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. Systems: John Vance knew he needed them and immediately. Three years ago, Vance, a...

Cleves Delp, an LPL Financial-affiliated advisor in Maumee, Mo., with $1.5 billion in assets under management, says he's been looking into starting his own RIA. When you cross the billion dollar mark, you kind of have to consider the RIA option...

RegentAtlantic Capital was ahead of the game. In 1996, the fee-only RIA in Chatham, N.J., went paperless a move that put it a decade ahead of its peers. RegentAtlantic manages $1.8 billion in assets for about 900 clients, and when the firm moved...

Last year ushered in a new titleholder for the wealthiest man on earth: Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim took that honor, knocking Bill Gates and Warren Buffett into second and third place. And the two American icons of wealth could fall further...

With so much buzz about the RIA world's rapid growth in assets and number of advisors, news about the other independent channel seems to be slipping through the cracks. Just a few years ago, it was the independent broker/dealer firms that were...

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The third quarter was tough on all of the major brokerage firms as bets on mortgage derivatives came home to roost. According to an October 26 story in The New York Times, it got so hot at Merrill before the third-quarter earnings announcement...