Articles written by Lisa Shidler and Brooke Southall
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The HighTower Advisors 'for-sale' rumors grow to include a named suitor
Source says Oppenheimer is consummating a deal but observers question how HighTower could graft its roll-up onto the aging B-D
September 1, 2017 at 2:24 PM
The art of the leveraged deal: Borrowing against the patience of a Chinese buyer, 41,000 FAs and the White House ethics office, Scaramucci scores 10 days of fame and runway to do more deals
Hedging his bets, 'the Mooch' took out Priebus and stayed 'on track' to sell his SkyBridge stake to the Chinese at an above-market valuation
August 1, 2017 at 11:41 PM
Andy Rachleff blasts flesh-and-blood advisors -- even planners -- as Wealthfront returns to offense in robo game after losing ground under former QB Adam Nash
The Redwood City robo's founder and CEO sneers at the traditional retirement planning process even as Wealthfront concedes it's still chasing the essential snark of automated advice: artificial intelligence
February 24, 2017 at 5:33 PM
PE-backed Cetera board member Robert Dineen sees Larry Roth to the door, takes CEO reins
A former secret service agent and Merrill Lynch exec, Robert Dineen is known for leading by example and delivering results
September 2, 2016 at 8:08 PM
Brian Hamburger joins the fray -- and ups the ante -- in Bruckenstein-Winterberg lawsuit
MarketCounsel CEO framed the answer to the Winterberg lawsuit; it says Winterberg did not meet 'measurable' demands and that he subverted T3 by promoting his own services
July 25, 2016 at 7:49 PM
Betterment raises $100 million a year after a $60-million round, enabling it to step up efforts to win the HNW wallet
The conversation is moving from play money to competing with Fidelity, Merrill Lynch and Schwab as it seeks build out a full-service offering to win plan sponsors, rich individuals and RIAs
March 29, 2016 at 11:57 AM
This time Envestnet plays most cards face up as analysts press again for cogent Yodlee deal rationalization
Jud Bergman supposes, though not until 2020, that the merger will yield an extra $200 million in revenues
September 24, 2015 at 11:44 PM
ETF makers mostly have $500-million-plus-AUM RIAs to thank for growth, study shows
RIAs added half a trillion in assets to ETFs in a recent 12-month period, far outpacing wirehouse brokers
August 27, 2015 at 8:37 PM
9 ways that Tony Robbins impressed the 'jaded' journalists at RIABiz
The guru lived through a wirehouse breakaway as the client of an RIA -- and saw the before and after of his portfolio
November 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM
Why it took 13 years and one bad Beverly Hills moment for a $92-million AUA advisor to leave LPL for Commonwealth
As smaller IBDs struggle for ground against the giants, they need to first demonstrate their tenacity on the sales gridiron
November 3, 2014 at 4:29 AM
Can Schwab, six years late to the robo party, 'freeze the market', catch up and blow doors?
The potential is awesome but the San Francisco giant is currently generating PR for an offering that does not yet have a launch date
October 29, 2014 at 8:22 PM
How Steve Foldes merged his $600-million RIA with mentor (and former advisor) Harold Evensky creating a $1.5 billion Florida behemoth
The former sandal magnate got rich at 35, became an Evensky client, a rival and now a partner
June 19, 2014 at 4:34 PM
How rising RIA super-bloggers, 401(k) brush fires and a short RIA-Salesforce courtship captured RIABiz readership
As we examined our top 10 articles Q1, the common denominator was ... an RIA intangible that you know when you see
April 24, 2014 at 6:28 AM
Part II: RIA custodians' answer to challenges to their monolithic control: We still have big-time scale advantages
Roll-ups and other mezzanine firms are squeezing RIA custody margins as a value proposition but the big-brand custodians -- and some new ones -- are liking the cards they have to play
November 11, 2013 at 6:53 AM
Part I: Is the era of the monolithic RIA custodian coming to an end?
RIAs, small custodians, co-ops, study groups, roll-ups, TAMPs, compliance shops, OSJ and IBDs are all chipping away at much of what fit under the roofs of Schwab, Fidelity, TD and Pershing
