Tag: Business model

Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, announced upgrades to its Advisor in Transition practice management program. 

 HighTower financial services completed its first tuck-in transaction, with Steve Bogner bringing his practice to Richard Saperstein’s team in New York.  

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has announced the acquisition of another adviser team. 

Research from the Principal Financial Group finds business protection is the number one business priority of company owners, surpassing health insurance.

Consulting firm kasina has published a report examining the methods asset managers should use to sell to registered investment advisers (RIAs).  

Fidelity has launched a program, “Options for Independence,” to help breakaway brokers understand the range of options available to them when going independent. 

Based on their Hearts & Wallets research initiative, Chris Brown and Laura Varas have started a company, Hearts & Wallets, LLC.

The Morgia Group has joined HighTower, an open-source, adviser-owned cooperation of established practices specializing in high-net worth and institutional clients.   

Pershing Advisor Solutions, a BNY Mellon company, will be hosting a series of practice management forums in Atlanta, Seattle, and Boston in the next few weeks.  

New York Life Investments announced changes in its organizational structure in order to focus on the expansion of its third party institutional businesses initiatives.

After two years of contraction, hiring in the asset and wealth management industry rebounded in 2010, and compensation is set to show modest gains, according to a new...

FolioDynamix and Scott & Stringfellow announced today the launch of a new unified managed account (UMA).

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (GSAM) added three executives to its defined contribution team to expand the business and strengthen client offerings.

EPIC Advisors, a defined contribution recordkeeper, announced that Jim Genthner will be the new president.

Triad Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of Ladenburg Financial Services Inc., announced that Planning Solutions Group is joining the firm as an independent branch office.

Merrill Lynch’s “Affluent Insights Quarterly Survey” took a closer look at the state of affluent small business owners in America.   

Charles Schwab issued a report today that examines how independent registered investment adviser (RIA) firms can benefit from segmenting their client base and offers strategies on how to...

Advisers are facing several new challenges in the “post-recession” climate, and many feel that they have to tackle these challenges on their own, according to a survey conducted...

Cogent Research found that providers will gain business and loyalty from advisers if they are able to establish both a functional and emotional connection with advisers.   

Tom Fickinger was appointed head of Financial Advisor Strategy, a newly created role, at Merrill Lynch.