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Dorann Cafaro: We should be worried.

Big chill: Worried RIAs and other 401(k) leaders gather in Chicago in hopes of saving the goose

It's no sacred cow like Social Security and the industry image is laboring because saving rates, returns, hidden fees and enrollment levels are none too great

October 23, 2012 at 3:33 AM

John Wolff says LPL might be tempted to offer Fortigent research to its retail brokers, diluting the value of a product that his firm "spends a lot of money on," and making it "less of a distinguishing factor."

What Fortigent advisors said in Santa Barbara, and what execs say may be next for the LPL-owned outsourcer

With Andy Putterman, Scott Welch and a big cadre of Fortigent's biggest customers living well together, a picture emerged

October 8, 2012 at 5:32 AM

Rob Bartenstein: Washington Wealth is not abandoning what we've stood for since our inception.

Seeing a clear path to $3 billion, Washington Wealth hitches its venture to LPL but quietly adds Schwab

The Middleburg, Va., roll-up-like hybrid RIA is switching some horses after its CEO and founder exited and some funding sources dried up

October 5, 2012 at 3:03 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

Ron Carson: There was a lot more to [acquisitions] than we thought.

Ron Carson launches roll-up/TAMP-like venture with Envestnet, TD Ameritrade and Advizent as puzzle pieces

The biggest of LPL's affiliates shows a walk-before-run approach to inorganic growth

September 24, 2012 at 5:15 AM

Joe Masterson: It's always bugged me that passive investors weren't paying their fair share.

RIAs join move to right a 401(k) wrong: Lopsided plan expenses -- a non-DOL issue

Participants using mutual funds with active management pay for their passively managed brethren; with fiduciary issues being taken for real, this is a problem

September 20, 2012 at 5:01 AM

Meg Green: If you ask a question, I'm going to answer.

Sterne Agee makes its RIA custody debut after customizing for Meg Green's $650-million RIA

It started as 25 people with notepads and Southern accents surrounding the Royal Alliance-using Miami--based advisor principals

September 5, 2012 at 4:50 AM

Nathan Sonnenberg is the first member of the Fortigent executive suite to depart since the firm was bought by LPL five months ago.

Two top Fortigent talents leave in the same week as industry-watchers ask: Was it them or was it LPL?

The LPL-owned investments outsourcer may not replace CIO Nathan Sonnenberg and alternative investments director Robert Mileff

August 30, 2012 at 4:59 AM

Paul Lutz: [LPL's] gotten so large they have a difficult time keeping support staff.

Not everyone has to make rain: Mariner brings over former LPL advisor who'd rather stay indoors and give advice

HSMC Wealth Management and its $40 million in assets is one of Mariner's smaller acquisitions of late as it looks to make smart, strategic buys

August 29, 2012 at 4:20 AM

Winnie Sun: We have doubled the size of our staff and published iPhone and iPad apps for our clients, and we will be starting to post YouTube videos.

LPL showcases some successful, ambitious advisors as the FOCUS 2012 conference wraps up

'King of the world' James Cameron was on hand to talk about the risk of not taking risks and an ex-IMF economist confirmed that there are plenty to go around

August 29, 2012 at 4:12 AM

Derek Bruton (l.) and his colleagues (Andy Kalbaugh on r.) have implemented home office “Private Briefings” focusing on clients with over $10 million in investable assets.

LPL kicks off FOCUS 2012 talking about service for UHNW investors

The big broker-dealer also talks about big 401(k) plans and offers a couple of details about Fortigent

August 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM

DeLynn Zell: We thought about Schwab but we still needed a broker-dealer affiliation.

LPL vacuums up yet another $1-billion cluster of mostly RIA assets Alabama-style

With many parallels to its $2-billion AFG win a couple weeks ago, LPL hoovers Lincoln and Ameriprise reps -- and a HNW RIA -- in one big go

August 15, 2012 at 3:20 PM

Bryan Chew (l.) with his team: I felt there wasn't anyone I could turn to at LPL.

Commonwealth racks up a $100 million LPL team by using its broker-dealer's greater size against it

The Waltham, Mass.--based IBD believes this is LPL's soft underbelly because small-and -familial is why many advisors joined the old Linsco/Private Ledger from wirehouses in the first place

August 9, 2012 at 5:50 AM

Joe Russo: We needed to get our minds around the changing state of affairs.

What LPL's recruitment of a $2-billion beehive of NPC advisors says about its new sweet spot in the industry

Joe Russo's choice reframes LPL's identity from a conventional IBD to a central bureau that can serve the regional advisor-servicing companies in a growing number of instances

August 3, 2012 at 5:22 AM

Debra Taylor:  None of my clients has balked at it. If a manager doesn't perform, they will be fired.

LPL Financial sees explosive asset growth of model portfolios by linking BlackRock and J.P. Morgan-level brand names to the little guy

The big IBD saw a 72% jump in assets for its Model Wealth Portfolios platform to near $9 billion after lowering account minimums to $25,000 from $100,000

July 13, 2012 at 3:32 AM

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