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Incredulity hovers over LPL's retro -- or is it inspired? -- choice of original 1983 employee Jim Putnam as chairman
As the 14,000-rep broker-dealer gropes for a post-DOL, post-digital future, it'll rely on the old-school standard bearer to shepherd new CEO Dan Arnold
March 10, 2017 at 8:05 PM
How promise to wife looms large for ex-F-Squared chief as SEC seeks to deny him court date
Docket filings tell dramatic tale of how Howard Present allegedly looked the other way on inflated backtest returns while laboring under duress of losing his dream
February 1, 2017 at 7:34 PM
How LPL's wolf pack of hedge funds only added to its stake, even as a mini-faction of non-hedge directors tried to hold them in check
As the Boston IBD's annus horribilis continues unabated, PE-friendly directors are joining the board with little opposition
September 7, 2016 at 8:54 PM
In exclusive RIABiz interview, Dawn Bennett tells how she's striking back at SEC after a $4-million legal drubbing has left her 30-year career in shambles
The advisor and popular radio host has hired the 'London Whale' attorney to prove she and her firm were victims of a regulatory witch hunt
August 1, 2016 at 4:52 PM
How RIAs took one approach to Brexit and asset managers another -- and why only the latter group has egg on its face
With the markets virtually even with a week ago, asset managers now need to contend with all those already shopworn webinar ideas that followed their inability to predict the Leave vote
June 30, 2016 at 8:09 PM
The inverted reverence dynamic at The In|Vest event and why Bill Crager is so over it
Tomorrow is here: Wirehouse execs and IBM types play groupies as robo-founders leaned back in their chairs
June 23, 2016 at 6:19 PM
What Neesha Hathi told the In|Vest 2016 in NYC crowd in her debut as Schwab robo chief -- and how she elicited one gasp from the crowd
Though declining to offer a glimpse of the future, Hathi surprised with stats showing Schwab is succeeding against the upstart robos with older, less web-savvy customers
June 17, 2016 at 8:58 PM
Lorenzo Esparza leaves JP Morgan in LA to start Manhattan West with tutelage from Schwab
Honoring his immigrant parents' wish, he toiled for 10 years as a lawyer at Paramount before staking out ground in a market with few Hispanics
June 14, 2016 at 8:29 PM
After chats with Phyllis Borzi, a flagship HighTower team executes a 'deliberate' breakaway to form a $2.5-billion RIA
Citing post-DOL-rule concerns about serving their super-rich clientle and hungering for more alternative alternatives, Paul Pagnato and David Karp have ankled the captive brokerage world but are keeping ties to the Chicago roll-up
June 1, 2016 at 9:00 PM
Edelman Financial gets its CEO from LPL but the chief executive's job description isn't exactly what the old one was
The $16-billion-AUM RIA's poach of Ryan Parker gives Ric Edelman the bandwidth to exert more of his people power
May 31, 2016 at 8:47 PM
As a self-aware Sallie Krawcheck launches at TechCrunch Disrupt, Ellevest embraces the peril of selling algorithms to women
Automation is hard enough but the ex-Merrill chief is resolved to deliver to women what they want even if its means giving them what they don't think they want
May 20, 2016 at 5:35 PM
Ric Edelman hires former what's-in-your-wallet Capital One CMO to replace former Verizon can-you-hear-me-now? guy
James Mendelsohn aims to realize the 'potential energy' of the growth-stalled RIA empire Edelman Financial by exercising branding and marketing skills
May 16, 2016 at 8:20 PM
TD Ameritrade threatens to cut loose Aequitas-tainted RIAs as the bad-college debt-fueled conflagration continues to burn
The Aequitas Ponzi revelation in February -- that 1,500 investors were owed for more than $300 million in alternative asset notes -- did not begin to realize the depth of ties between the bilkers and bilkees
May 10, 2016 at 11:03 PM
As Fidelity divorces American Express, Schwab steps in to launch AmEx cards -- with help from RIAs -- as part of broader effort
Fidelity says the average user got $1,500 in cash back last year, suggesting the average annual card-holder spend is around $75,000
May 2, 2016 at 6:37 PM
Why a $2.8 billion RIA spun away from a Canadian bank despite a 'really good relationship' spanning 13 years
Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney principals want to ramp up growth but BMO Harris banker body language said: Not so fast
