Firmwide new money “has been temporarily impacted by asset attrition from clients originating at Ameritrade,” according to Chief Financial Officer Peter Crawford.
In a flash poll conducted by WealthManagement.com, a number of Avantax advisors—weary of yet another ownership change and leadership turmoil—said the acquisition by Cetera makes them more likely to consider changing firms; a smaller group expects...
Despite Goldman Sachs’ sale of its Personal Financial Management unit, the Wall Street firm says it’s doubling down on serving registered investment advisors. “We don’t want to compete with RIAs. But we want to serve RIAs,” said a Goldman Sachs exec.
The same private equity players fueling RIA consolidation are likely to next set their sights on the fragmented universe of advisory firm tech vendors, according to a discussion among industry executives at last week’s “Wealthies” Awards'...
