Why a 64-year-old RIA doesn't worry about building scale and has no plans to retire, even though he could fetch about $5 million for his firm in today’s white-hot market.
Hanley Sayers will join the registered investment advisory firm in Houston, expanding Cresset's footprint to Texas.
A year of remote work appeared to accelerate the trend of advisers going independent for more control over their business, and in many cases, opportunities for higher take-home pay. Independent broker-dealers also saw a year of positive gains, though on net the channel was down from 2019.
As the brokerage navigates the cumbersome undertaking of acquiring thousands of advisers from TD Ameritrade and more than $6 trillion in assets, the broader custody industry is not sitting idle waiting for the fallout.
RIAs are gaining market share because the RIA model allows firms to embrace the strategies necessary to serve clients.
The slowdown in March turned out to be just brief bump in the road for buyers and sellers in the wealth management space.
Salvino Wealth Management team in Hinsdale, Illinois, becomes Performance Wealth
The new head of the $2 billion Los Angeles-based registered investment advisory firm is just 27.
Enhancing key services such as investment management and eliminating manual operational tasks are becoming central to small RIA-firm success. A leading fintech executive explains how to do it.
The deal follows other major announcements, including the purchase of Compass Financial Partners and a majority stake acquisition in Sageview Advisory Group
Consolidation has been a theme of late in the retirement plan adviser world, and private equity has increasingly poured money into the space, which has helped push valuations to high points, leading to ample selling opportunities for adviser firms
Ongoing consolidation has been good for some aggregator firms, but others are being left out.
Revision of the advertising rule in place since 1961 reflects technological advances like social media marketing, according to the regulator
COVID-19 slowed down but did not halt the flow of advisers fleeing wirehouse firms for the independent channel
Deal watchers say 2021 will be another record year
Bryan Schneider affiliates through Professional Wealth Advisor in Downers Grove, Illinois
Founder Jon Stein wasn’t able to achieve his ultimate goal of an initial public offering, but he transformed the little-known New York-based fintech into a digital behemoth
The new interpretation on the definition of advice has some benefits for plan advisers, and it will be in place even if the rule is halted
Let’s Make a Plan provides help on how to choose and pay for a financial planner
The move comes at the closes of 2020, which has seen fewer breakaways exit than previous years, but with higher average AUM
