It may be the first year in nearly a decade that the RIA market doesn’t break records, but industry trackers expect it will remain heated as private equity, new players and synergistic opportunities abound.
A lot can be learned listening to clients’ experiences with financial advisors—good and bad. We talked to Andrea Mac, founder of Prequal, a revenue consultancy for salespeople and female company founders based in suburban Chicago.
Aspiriant, Key Private Bank and Merrill Lynch lost advisors to Manhattan West and Steward Partners in moves announced this week, while F.L.Putnam expanded in Maine.
Following the announcement of its acquisition of Crown Capital Securities, LPL said it added $19 billion in recruited assets and 421 net new advisors during the second quarter.
Adam and Daniel Kaplan were charged with wire and investment fraud and money laundering for misappropriating at least $5 million from dozens of clients, many of whom were elderly or disabled.