Articles tagged "Focus Financial"
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Three telling conversations about where the RIA business is headed
In which RIABiz editor Brooke Southall talks with a recent widow in search of an advisor, the recruiting director of HighTower and the CEO of Focus Financial and gains a snapshot of the RIA arena, circa summer 2011
July 14, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Tibergien uses brutal honesty to captivate big Schwab RIAs and others at San Francisco event
The Pershing leader and former Moss Adams star lit into advisors on practice management issues
June 24, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Purchasing too much technology has its own dangers for RIAs
The more sophisticated the system you buy, the more commitment and expertise it will require
May 24, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Focus Financial pivots to breakaway strategy with Fidelity recruit
Mark Dupont will put a new spin on the big aggregator but entrepreneurial bent remains
May 9, 2011 at 2:40 PM
RIABiz goes to New York in search of RIA life in the land of investment banking giants
The ambitions of Dynasty Financial's Shirl Penney and Focus Financial's Rudy Adolf match the city's scale
March 24, 2011 at 2:29 PM
This generation of advisor aggregators puts the roll-up ghosts to bed, for now
Questions linger about what some firms will look like post-IPO or merger
February 3, 2011 at 1:56 PM
The RIABiz list of winners and losers in the wake of the SEC's fiduciary study
The race is on as laggards adapt to new vision of the future
January 28, 2011 at 1:17 PM
After one-year hiatus, Focus Financial buys a large RIA and hits a milestone
The deal brings it to $40 billion as the company makes a big Midwest push
January 12, 2011 at 5:40 PM
Geller Group finds its white knight within the Focus Financial family
The DOL investigation goes on but -- undeterred -- a Massachusetts company takes the TPA under its wing
November 4, 2010 at 6:24 AM
Unravelling why a big, loyal SEI advisor moved its assets to Schwab
In automating wealth management, Dick Smith chose Adhesion and needed custody
September 27, 2010 at 11:49 AM
One of a new breed of roll-ups taking center stage, United Capital is churning out deals again
After a broken engagement slowed its progress, the company is on a buying spree
September 20, 2010 at 5:06 AM
A Harvard lawyer, a Columbia MBA and an engineer break away from AllianceBernstein private client unit to form an RIA
The San Diego-based advisors may be among the first to leave the company to turn independent
June 16, 2010 at 5:25 AM
Brochu drops lawsuit against Focus Financial but $500,000 is still at issue
Rhode Island advisor backs off initial suit after getting most documents
May 27, 2010 at 4:27 AM
[Updated] Focus Financial amended statement today to say it obtained restraining orders against David Brochu of StrategicPoint
Brochu says he is restraining himself without being ordered to do so by a judge
May 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM
What the Charles Goldman and David Brochu lawsuits say about the RIA business
Good people and good companies sick lawyers on each other when so much happens so fast
