Custodian hopes to open the platform to all vendors that pass a security check

Training advisors has become more expensive, says analyst -- so the company has a new strategy to recruit experience advisors

Potomac Investments now uses broker JHS, where an ethics policy carried the day

Are cost-cutting wirehouses creating a farm system for top entrepreneurial teams?

The platform giant has a monopolistic position and the opportunity to pull away

Microbusinesses dominate the industry -- for now. That may change as the industry evolves along the lines of the legal profession.

Barry says he'll fight hard for financial planners and RIAs, but half of FPA's members hold a Series 7

How to reassure clients who are seeing Ponzi after Ponzi unveiled

Recruiter: an increasing number of older advisors are leaving wirehouses to be sure their books of business go to someone they trust

The new financial world will be constructed mostly out of the public eye, as regulators begin studying 150 issues Congress punted to agencies

As compliance burdens grow, smaller firms are driving merger activity

Three Bridge Wealth Advisors surpised itself by giving up its 'sweet' freedom to regain the advantages of scale

The DOJ steps up the hunt for offshore accounts. Here's what not to try: spiriting the cash out in a suitcase.

Schwab nets eight breakaway teams with more than $250 million of AUM each

Brokers selling 401(k) plans may have another nail driven into their coffin

Results of a new Pershing-Aite study show advisors really are using social media -- and making more money by doing so

Blogs may be the most influential -- and most forgotten -- form of social media

Plan fiduciaries may face an easier world -- if their disclosures don't come back to bite them

Plus, a debate you may have missed on Harold Evensky's FINRA comments

KC Asset Management Inc., O'Dell Jarvis Mandell LLC, Scenic Wealth Management LLC are among the new to the list

A retired retail client who serves on boards got Saratoga Research & Investment Management in the institutional door, and the assets are starting to pour in

Beware prospects who bad-mouth their old advisor; fire clients who don't stick to the strategy

Goal oriented: Tom McGuirk put his breakaway date on the wall in the place where his running time used to be

In an attempt to sway new regulations on the fiduciary standard, an advocacy group releases a video of Goldman Sachs execs' worst moments before a Senate committee

Putting great people and the RIA business model together holds tremendous promise, analysts say

Hiring is on the rise and the picture is far better than most white-collar sectors, according to article

Don't take your cues from restaurants or lawyers

Insuperable issue: Each FINRA firm has an equity interest in FINRA - and would be entitled to a slice of its billion-dollar war chest

The fiduciary standard-bearer is optimistic that FINRA can make fiduciary standards work in the 'real world'

The merger key was that Kevin Tanner wanted John Dolan and not just his book of business

Less reliance on web connections and cheaper leapfroggings in software-as-a-service are on the way

The Seattle company is trying to create a sense of familiarity for users with Outlook and PortfolioCenter features

What was left out of RIABiz's Amerprise story, and why; plus, advisory industry intelligence from our readership stats

Tamarac has made leaps, say iRebal loyalists, but it had a long way to go

Seeking to build a practice serving women-in-transition, she hopes to attract other women advisors, too

A rare glimpse at the 401(k) giant's client tally shows slippage among big customers but its 401(k) business may be finding increased traction with advisors

Sheldon Geller and Manny Ehrlich have been grooming Alan Pfeffer to take over the 401(k) company since selling a big stake to Focus Financial in 2006, according to the firm's new leader.

Profits took a tumble in the market downturn but resolve to grow is on the rise, according to a massive new survey

The advisor saw more downside than upside to the smaller accounts and pulled the trigger on a deal

H.A. McGill found that the Minneapolis broker-dealer was friendly to tuck-in deals

The quick-hit S-Corp.-versus-LLC rundown for breakaway brokers

Here's a way to help retirees build more security for their old-old years

The giant legislative victory was a landmark for RIAs but much more happened as Spring turned to Summer

The joining rate held steady as 29 more companies jumped on board

Susan Theder left a big job and she is moving cross-country; she'll try to make 'Cetera' stand for more than the old ING Advisor Network in a new wrapper, analyst says

10 people in the RIA business offer their best thought for making the second half of 2010 more productive