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Banking on a wave of mergers in 2010, the major custodian firms are in a race to offer the best M&A tools to their RIAs so that the assets of selling firms don’t walk out the door to a rival custodian. M&A in the RIA world had dried...
Forget high-tech. What financial advisors are looking for in computer work stations these days is smooth tech, the ability to simplify the complex and sometimes mind-numbing tasks that are part of their daily lives, according to executives at...
Deborah McWhinney's plan to turn Citi's bank brokers into fee-only investment advisors has triggered a mass exodus. But paring down the small bank brokerage unit or farming out wealth management entirely may be McWhinney's master plan.
Whom do you trust? Do you trust that your veterinarian always has your pet's interest behind every recommendation? Do you trust that your dentist always has your interest behind every proposed x-ray or procedure? Do you trust your local...
The hottest trend over the past 18 months has been the breakaway broker, the wirehouse advisor who leaves his firm to either become an RIA or to affiliate with an independent broker/dealer. The turmoil on Wall Street, the giant mergers of...
Your clients may fear a huge tax bite after President Obama signed historic health care legislation into law this week. After all, the legislation calls for taxes and fees on high-net-worth individuals and households to cover 22 percent of its ...
