From On Wall Street
Added on April 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: When HighTower recently landed the head of a team overseeing $500 million in client assets at Oppenheimer, the move illustrated a nagging problem when groups split: Who gets the clients after a divorce?
From wealthmanagement.com
Added on April 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: After essentially sitting on the sidelines during 2014, private equity firms and banks were again buying up RIA firms in the first quarter of 2015, executing 19 percent of the record-breaking 34 transactions recorded by DeVoe & Company. Private equity firms alone accounted for 13 percent of first quarter deals.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: While initially seen as a competitor to advisers, many see the automated investment advice as a potential benefit for advisers in terms of helping them scale their practice and serve younger or mass affluent clients at a lower price.
From Financial Advisor Magazine
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Summary: There are two categories of people: those who have been hacked and those who are going to be hacked. That’s what an FBI official in the agency’s cybercrime department told a standing-room-only client event on cybersecurity hosted last year by LJPR LLC, a Troy, Mich.-based registered investment advisor with roughly $700 million in assets under management
From Think Advisor
Added on April 2015 in Join an RIA
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Summary: In a recent article in Financial Advisor IQ, two reps that left Morgan Stanley, Brian Luts and David Greenleigh, discussed the benefits of moving from the wirehouse to Wells Fargo’s independent arm (FINET).
