The Alliance for RIAs includes Savant Capital, Carson Wealth, Beacon Pointe, Stratos and Highline

The New Yorker magazine article capped a banner week for the head of an advisory practice that caters to the gay community

The coming of Windows 8, the cloud, the massive adoption of mobile technology and tools for retirement income planning were hot topics at the Sin City confab

The Schwab CEO tells listeners of the interim update that the $10 million asset-gathering quota is a psychological hurdle -- but one that can be overcome

Sharing resources with the Presidio Group, Peter Stein will lead a charge to provide customized outsourced CIO services to small and midsize foundations and endowments

More than 1,500 advisors came to the Potomac -- including more than a few of Campanale's Smith Barney Consulting alumni

Spencer Bachus, known to expertly trade options for his own account, seems to be down with what transactions-based advisors like

Savant Capital and Monitor Group will have a combined $2.7 billion of AUM and hot prospects for gobbling up more firms

Christine Gaze has picked up best practices secrets in the full-service world that she's now taking to TD RIAs

The CEO of Quantuvis is leaving the Genworth unit and actively seeks an executive position with a yet-to-be-determined hot RIA venture -- after a Caribbean sabbatical

It's the latest in a series of recent ventures marked by infectious enthusiasm by founders -- and few details about their business plans

After top executive spots at Schwab Institutional and M Financial, Graves started Filagree Advisors from scratch and is careful to avoid 'scope creep'

It's expensive, hard work, hard to charge for, difficult to deliver and adds real value

Invest n Retire is shifting to pouring resources into technology right now after looking at a sales buildup that Fleites was expected to facilitate

Managed DC is the first in a series of such products, hints David Booth, but a critic says the premise on which they're built is all wrong

Kathleen Stewart wore many hats at the big wealth manager and has worked for an RIA and Goldman Sachs alike

If anyone can crack the uncrackable low-end market, it's Esther Stearns, analysts and headhunters say

After selling its RIA unit to RBC, its marquee name, sterling reputation and a new platform continues to draw advisors

National acquisition firms accounted for more than half of deals, with HighTower the big buyer

The breakaway movement still depends more on Wall Street's moves than Main Street's moxie

The custody unit continues to roll at a 100 breakaway per quarter pace as Tom Bradley's replacement settles in

February was a cruel month for the wirehouse as payouts and retention bonuses came due; UBS came out smelling like a rose

Edelman Financial prepares to marry Lee Equity, but it's also open to a better offer

Four principals of RIAs sized $25 million to $2 billion in AUM talk about why they just switched to Vantage from other providers

The move is designed to break through the paralyzing ambivalence that keeps clients from believing in their goals enough to plan

John Lynch landed with Raymond James, where he feels at home and retains the option to shift to an RIA model

Among other things, the letter calls SIFMA's idea of a uniform fiduciary standard a 'broker sales standard'

Atlanta-based Method will parachute in to take over operational and management control of wealth managers providing advisory expertise their CPA-firm parents may lack

Jerry Eberhardt oversaw Citi's wirehouse for the Western U.S. and now he's eager to help advisors looking to transition from the big branded firms

Lori Van Dusen hired Kim Pugliese away from Kodak after deciding she needed heightened managerial skills at her newly independent firm

In an era of transparency a new type of advisor gets the edge, but it starts with deliberate documentation and arming the prospect

Bluff Point Associates principals liked the recurring revenues and bright growth prospects

You have their attention. . . so now what?

The $3.2 billion RIA is mostly made up of seasoned of ex-U.S. Trust stalwarts but its poach of Paulo Coelho from Convergent shows its mindfulness of the coming generation

The agency has its own ways of communicating what gets on its regulatory nerves

Brighton Jones is getting marketing religion despite needing very little to get to its current size in 12 years

With half of his clients offshore, the LA advisor grew disenchanted with Merrill's lack of appetite for international business

The Convergent CEO and ex-chief of the Schwab and Fidelity RIA custody units will refer consumers to advisory firms -- but only after doing an intensive 'audit'

There's been a big upswelling of members with bankruptcy problems

Jon Patullo encourages RIAs to leave the laptop at home on travels to avoid back pain

Brad Griswold had a fondness for Schwab from using PortfolioCenter and is determined to remove all obstacles to growth, profitability and offering choice to clients

The case of this Lake County, Calif. insurance agent gives pause to advisors and agents dealing with seniors -- and indexed annuities

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

In an intra-Kansas City move, Marty Bicknell lures Bill Greiner from Scout Investment Advisors

The national chair says the first objective is not to scare small investors away

Price histories of 20,000 advisors are now at the fingertips of many Advisor Workstation users

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

There is no 'suitability' America and 'fiduciary' America