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NEWS RIAS NOV 06, 2011
Focus Financial in the zone – does yet another deal

Sapient makes it No. 8 on the year, boosting firm's AUM to $45B; 'suffocating' at the wirehouse

NEWS RIAS NOV 06, 2011
What the Kansas City incident should teach Finra

Let's hope that Finra has learned a lesson from the public flogging it received after it was reported that a regional official allegedly doctored the minutes of internal staff meetings that were then turned over to SEC examiners

NEWS RIAS NOV 04, 2011
Putnam stocks up on retail-mutual-fund wholesalers

Has hired six new external wholesalers, bringing its roster to 54, and it expects to have 60 by the end of the year.

Bam! President kicks it up a notch, goes after muni tax break
NEWS RIAS NOV 04, 2011
Bam! President kicks it up a notch, goes after muni tax break

White House seeks to limit interest income that can be sheltered; states, cities already lining up against proposal

NEWS RIAS NOV 03, 2011
Raymond James to ramp up custody unit

Raymond James executives are taking steps to boost the profile of the firm's small custody unit, and they are hinting at bigger things to come

Think your millionaire clients aren't e-media savvy? Think again
NEWS RIAS NOV 03, 2011
Think your millionaire clients aren't e-media savvy? Think again

Financial advisers who think their millionaire clients would prefer sit-down meetings instead of e-mails or text messages may need to do a rethink.

Talk with Chuck produces intriguing responses
NEWS RIAS NOV 02, 2011
Talk with Chuck produces intriguing responses

Ten questions, ten answers from the iconic founder of the discount brokerage

NEWS RIAS NOV 02, 2011
United Capital to acquire $600M Peak Capital

United Capital Financial Advisers will acquire the assets of Peak Capital Investment Services – an advisory firm with $600 million in assets under management – executives revealed at the Schwab Impact Conference here in San Francisco today.

NEWS RIAS OCT 31, 2011
Vigilant compliance must be grounded by ethics

The following is an edited version of an Oct. 17 speech by Carlo V. di Florio, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, at the annual meeting of the National Society of Compliance Professionals in Baltimore

NEWS RIAS OCT 31, 2011
Fiduciary standard is an RIA's best friend

Every time the debate over the fiduciary standard of client care hits the news, RIAs pick up a few more clients

Financial planning registers worldwide growth
NEWS RIAS OCT 30, 2011
Financial planning registers worldwide growth

Financial planning is growing as a profession around the world, according to an organization that sets standards for its practitioners.

NEWS RIAS OCT 30, 2011
A bipartisan jobs plan is the top priority

It is time our elected leaders and presidential wannabes treat America's jobs crisis as the social and economic catastrophe that it is, and not just as fodder for 2012 campaigns

NEWS RIAS OCT 30, 2011
Top RIAs on the wealth business: What lies ahead

Evercore Wealth Management's Charles Ryan talks about his firm's recent growth an expansion -- and what lies ahead for the rest of 2011 and 2012. For more INTV with top RIAs, <a href=www.investmentnews.com/section/multimedia?playerType=INTV>click here.</a>

NEWS RIAS OCT 30, 2011
Personal Capital ventures into online-advice arena

With Americans practically addicted to the Internet, a web-based investment advisory business would seem to be an idea whose time has come

NEWS RIAS OCT 27, 2011
Big in Boston: Colony expands with Mintz Levin merger

Combined firms will have nearly $2.5B in assets under management

Study will recommend that accountants examine advisers
NEWS RIAS OCT 27, 2011
Study will recommend that accountants examine advisers

White paper by Georgetown professor will broaden &#8212; and stir up &#8212; discussion, TD Ameritrade's Bradley predicts

NEWS RIAS OCT 27, 2011
Firms seeking recruits offer a pathway to partnership

After cutting back on hiring in the wake of the 2008 downturn, advisory firms are seeking fresh talent &#8212; partly to jump-start growth, which has slowed in the past year, and partly as a form of succession planning

NEWS RIAS OCT 27, 2011
Breakaway brokers fill custodians' pipelines

Market turmoil usually slows job hopping by brokers and financial advisers, but RIA custody firms say that their pipelines are as full as ever &#8212; and they don't expect a slowdown soon

INcite: Want to create jobs? First cut capital gains taxes
NEWS RIAS OCT 26, 2011
INcite: Want to create jobs? First cut capital gains taxes

Along with jobs, raising taxes on the rich is one of things the Wall Street protesters feel strongly about, as Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, is learning all too well.

NEWS RIAS OCT 26, 2011
Revenue for average RIA firm hits all-time high in 2010

AUMs, number of clients also up; firms doing more with less