Ria firms are beginning to see some recovery in revenue, but profit margins haven't picked up. Firms are turning to technology for new efficiencies as they look for growth.
Joe Triarsi, managing director and head of J.P. Morgan's Broker Dealer Services business (www.jpmorgan.com/bds), board member of J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. and member of the firm's Operations, Client Review and Global Equities Executive Committees...
Mindy Diamond, a long-time writer of Registered Rep.'s Career Moves column, is the CEO of Diamond Consultants, a boutique recruiting firm specializing in placing financial services professionals and connecting industry leaders nationwide. Diamond...
The ultra-high-net-worth investor has developed a growing appetite for hedge funds and other alternative investments, a new report by Spectrem Group says. A survey of more than 100 households with net worth of $25 million or more, excluding...
As technology goes, so goes the San Francisco Bay Area wealth management market. And business at tech companies, especially Internet-based firms, is booming. Palo Alto-based Facebook, which already has more than 500 million users around the world...
When entrepreneurs look for someone to turn to for advice on philanthropy, financial advisors are low on the list, according to a recent survey by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. The largest share 53 percent said they rely on themselves...
Generation X/Y investors are more likely to be dissatisfied with their advisory relationships than older generations, according to a survey by MFS Investment Management. Cost is the main reason Gen X and Y are not in love with their advisors, with...
Barclays is remaking the old Lehman Brothers and hiring aggressively to become a major player in the U.S. high-net-worth market just as its rivals struggle to get back on their feet.