New research from Aite Group shows that the online brokerages continue to take market share of wealth management assets from the wirehouse firms—something that surprised Aite Group analysts.

Many IBDs have been going under due to large liabilities they face related to alternative investments that have gone bust, including Medical Capital, Provident and DBSI. Meadowbrook is the latest to join the list of imploding firms. Other IBDs...

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Registered investment advisers, listen up. Your custodian needs you—more than ever. Just look at this week’s earnings reports from Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. Asset growth, fueled in part by the RIA custody businesses of...

Morgan Stanley financial advisors should expect more cost-cutting in the global wealth management division in coming quarters—possibly in the guise of cuts to staff or financial advisors. On a second-quarter earnings conference call Thursday...

Raymond James Financial’s (NYSE: RJF) private client group added 20 advisors in the U.S. during the fiscal third quarter despite a tough recruiting environment for regional firms. But second-quarter earnings were down.

Chase Private Client, an under-the-radar wealth management unit of the giant bank, plans to open 160 offices to serve 600 branches around the country in two years, up from only 16 dedicated offices currently, JPMorgan Chase &Co. announced...

After studying Capgemini’s recently-released 2011 U.S. Metro Wealth Index, wealth management firms who aren’t doing business in the New York or Houston markets may be asking themselves why not.