Tag: RIAs

The ripest sales opportunities for advisers may be men and women, age 35 to 64, with incomes of $150,000 to $249,000, according to Nationwide Financial.

Praxis Fiduciary Advisors LLC in Carmel, Indiana, changed its name to ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors LLC.

The growing opportunity in IRA rollovers should be a key component of financial services firms’ strategies over the next five years.

The investment lineup of Security Benefit Corporation’s EliteDesigns variable annuity has been expanded by 71 fund options to help advisers manage market volatility.

GPS Select Solutions, a suite of multi-strategy solutions, was rolled out by Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM). 

Mergers and acquisitions for registered investment advisers (RIAs) saw a 30% rise in the total value of transactions year over year, according to Schwab.

Nearly two-thirds of retirement plan participants use a financial adviser to assist them in managing their plan investments, a survey found.

Gold Bullion International (GBI) launched a physical precious metals platform for registered investment advisers (RIAs).

Change will continue to dominate business practices in the sixth year since the financial crisis,  according to a report from Aite Group.

Assets grew 19.1% in 2011 for advisers registered both as registered investment advisers (RIAs) and as brokers, Cerulli found.

BCG Securities Inc. (BCGS), a broker/dealer and advisory firm, unveiled an adviser recruitment video.

Jorge Martinez-Fonts joined ERISA Fiduciary Advisors (EFA) as director of client services.

BCG Securities unveiled a newly designed website for plan sponsor clients.

Independent Wealth Advisors Group and TBCI have merged into a registered investment advisory with total assets under management of more than $100 million.

Evercore Wealth Management LLC announced the completion of its acquisition of Mt. Eden Investment Advisors in San Francisco.

Among the primary reasons advisers join existing registered investment adviser (RIA) firms are freedom and the potential for greater income.

The Principal has introduced a training program and resources to help advisers tap the business-owner market via employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

Asset management firms with more than $1 billion in assets are driving registered investment adviser (RIA) channel growth.

The economics of financial advisory distribution face numerous challenges, but pockets of opportunity remain, a survey found.

Level Four Group, an independent adviser group, has affiliated with the LPL Financial broker/dealer and hybrid registered investment advisory (RIA) platforms.