by Patrick M. Kelly | May 4, 2012 | Financial Advisors, Financial Services Industry, RIA
“aRIA” or Alliance for RIAs, has been formed by six RIA firms, it was announced this week according to Matt Ackermann, reporting for OnWallStreet. The group plans to meet on a regular basis and provide “thought leadership” to independent and wirehouse financial...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Apr 27, 2012 | Financial Services Industry, wirehouses
Financial Advisor Magazine April 2012 issue Wirehouses Still King Of The Hill Despite headlines about breakaway brokers and the ascendency of the independent, fee-based advisory model, the Big Four wirehouses are still holding their own. According to Cerulli...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Apr 23, 2012 | Breakaway Brokers, Financial Recruiting Industry
In fact, 92% of High Tower’s financial advisors have been picked off from traditional wirehouses according to Charles Roame, CEO of Tiburon Advisors. Last week at the Tiburon CEO Summit XXII in New York City, Roame told the audience of financial executives that the...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Apr 13, 2012 | FINRA
FINRA‘s proposal to change how broker complaints are expunged from CRD’s Broker Check at least offers the financial advisor some recourse on having “meritless” complaints removed from their record. Prior to the current proposed changes, the broker who was not...
by Patrick M. Kelly | Feb 10, 2012 | Financial Advisors, Financial Services Industry
I came across an interesting article in this month’s Financial Advisor, “Shakeout Ahead” written by Andrew Gluck, a veteran financial writer and owner of Advisor Products, Inc. a marketing technology company servicing 1,800 advisory firms. The gist of the article was...