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Walter Bettinger: The line of people who have expressed interest is long.

Technical challenges may push Schwab's ETF-only 401(k) plan schedule into 2014 -- deferring an intriguing financial clinical trial

The bad news for Bettinger: a few million more lines of code; The good news: Fidelity won't seek to capitalize on the extended deadline

October 3, 2012 at 3:58 AM

Terrence Morgan: 401(k) plan sponsors are finally ... discovering ... that all their friendly stockbroker could do was hand out enrollment kits and pat their employees on the back.

Cerulli: RIAs and hybrid RIAs make giant advances on banks and wirehouses in the 401(k) race

DOL guidance is making a difference and so is bank and wirehouse reluctance to take on fiduciary risk

September 27, 2012 at 3:48 AM

Randy Long: We've talked to them. I've decided I'd just rather go after their clients rather than their advisors.

How a $12 billion RIA grew to $20 billion in less than a year by raiding 401(k) accounts from legacy players

Randy Long boasted that he'd pick off the big boys' clients and came through with the help of a crack team of 12 young turks

September 26, 2012 at 3:48 AM

Scott Smith: It almost seems like collecting the $15 fee would be more labor for UBS then it's worth.

Is UBS channeling its inner IBD in levying $15 charges on its advisors for redundant mobile devices?

The wirehouse's charges seem on target on paper but are they penny rational and pound foolish?

August 8, 2012 at 2:40 AM

Michael Francis: It's my belief that they shouldn't be fiduciaries because they can't be according to the way the law is set up.

Merrill Lynch jumps on the fiduciary bandwagon in retirement plans but critics see lingering conflicts

Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo Advisors already went this route but can wirehouses really deliver strict fiduciary care?

April 3, 2012 at 3:59 AM

Jim Steiner: I think it’s harder for RIAs to compete [in the UHNW market].

Wells Fargo targets tempting but treacherous UHNW market with Abbot Downing launch

With $33 billion of assets and legacy Lowry Hill and Calibre elements, the unit plans to hit the ground running and compete in a realm where RIAs are only starting to make a dent

April 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM

Chip Roame: They can offer a traditional payout of 40% or so and pay for personnel, rent, technolog or they can pay a higher payout.

Wirehouses will create their own independent models, Tiburon report says

WIll 2012 be the year that wirehouse 'halfway houses' catch fire?

January 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM

Tom Bradley: We consider ourselves the Apple of the industry.

Once good for a few million, TD Ameritrade's foot-in-the-door strategy is starting to net billions

With the paperwork signed, TD goes to work wooing big RIAs with technology, special pricing and a maverick culture

October 11, 2011 at 5:42 AM

Bernie Clark: We win a disproportionate share of business.

Schwab Advisor Services is nearing $800 billion of RIA assets but analysts are split over whether it can continue to dominate

Fidelity keeps flexing its muscles as Schwab raises its hybrid-friendly profile, reaches out to IBDs and rolls out an ambitious vendor platform

September 6, 2011 at 2:42 AM

The herd of advisors has been culled but the ones remaining may be better ones.
August 31, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Alois Pirker: Firms will have to renew retention bonuses next year or brokers will jump ship.

RIAs and online brokers are winning the market-share game

Wirehouses will have to re-up retention bonuses or see mass migrations of top producers

July 27, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Tom Scalici is one RIA who has gotten $700 million in non-profit assets in recent years up from virtually no assets just three years ago.

After IRS audits hit non-profits, RIAs are positioned to wrest a fortune in 403(b) assets from annuity companies

The money in motion may reach into the hundreds of billions, though gaining an entree has its frustrations

July 26, 2011 at 2:35 PM

Andrew Lin rejoined his old RIA firm after a stint at United Capital and wasted no time setting a new technological and strategic series of events in motion.

How five recent RIABiz articles caught readers' attention and what bigger stories they tell

If advisors blinked in the last two weeks, telling chapters of growth slipped by

April 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM

Wealth managers average 5.2 personnel per practice, compared to 4.0 in financial planning practices and 3.8 at investment planner practices. Firms must anticipate increasing labor costs in order to build a foothold among wealthier investors.

The RIA world according to Cerulli

How do you build a top practice? Pick the right model, specialize and focus on referrals, says broad study

April 20, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Jim O’Shaughnessy says his company has been transitioning to a fee-based business since December 2006

Cerulli report: Specialized RIAs likely to win middle-market 401(k) plan battle

Gold-standard study shows fee-only adviser poised to take over

April 14, 2011 at 3:20 PM

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