Even though advisers don’t have to comply with the rule for more than a year, it ranked as the hottest compliance topic, according to a survey; cybersecurity and climate change/ESG were other areas worrying advisers.
2021 continues to see a surge of buying of RIAs from various kinds of acquirers.
Ancora Holdings, the parent of four firms, is based in Cleveland.
A husband-and-wife team runs Novak Financial Planning in Bel Air, Maryland.
Rainier Financial Group is the firm's first acquisition in the Pacific Northwest.
The SEC says Dean Tellone and his California firm hid information from mortgage investors.
If you are an adviser, you are either currently with an RIA, thinking about going RIA or know someone who has left a broker to go RIA.
Federal court freezes the assets of Marietta, Georgia, registered investment adviser John Woods.
Bob Warner's focus on airline pilots is a model for how niche practices can develop and thrive. His $15 billion RIA has been building relationships with pre-retired pilots for more than two decades.
Citing a surge in the delta variant, the Financial Planning Association is offering registration refunds and providing advisers with access to free virtual presentations to earn CE credits.
Denver-based Investment Security Group manages $800 million.
Many RIA sellers who were already contemplating an exit in the near- to mid-term are likely to see the handwriting on the wall and scramble to complete their sales before the tax increase takes effect.
Productivity doesn't have to suffer when employees are not directly under the manager's thumb, according to recent research by the consulting firm DeVoe & Co.
We have all been told at some point in our lives to measure twice and cut once. Our annual custodian study generated the unique, and precise, data that you have come to expect from InvestmentNews Research.
Specializing in an area that the adviser truly cares about is deeply satisfying intellectually and emotionally.
Fueled by gains in the independent channel, tech-friendly firms are tweaking the custodial model and posing new challenges for incumbents.
Remember to always keep serving your clients. Just because they signed on the dotted line doesn’t mean they’ll always stick around.
Fusion Analytics and head Michael Conte misled investors, agency charges.
The trend toward offering customizable indexes puts direct indexing on a track for explosive growth, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.
Northstar Investment Advisors is latest acquisition by Newport Beach, California-based Beacon Pointe.
