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Jordan Waxman: Our clients are so supportive of my athletic pursuits.

After swimming the English Channel, a $1.4 billion Merrill team member crosses over to HighTower

A New York firm with ultrarich family clients charted the tides for over a year before spanning the waters to independence

March 6, 2012 at 4:58 AM

Joan Khoury: We have flexibility of delivering advice to a broader range of investors.

LPL lures top execs away from Merrill Lynch, MSSB

Such defections from the wirehouse world to the IBD arena would not have happened even 10 years ago, recruiters say

March 5, 2012 at 4:59 AM

Leo Kelly: I say to my clients: This is going to be a household name.

HighTower wins a $700 million Merrill Lynch advisor in Maryland horse country and wrests an LA-based IAR from an RIA

The Chicago consolidator's transitions teams had a brutally busy Presidents' weekend bringing aboard teams on both coasts simultaneously, from Merrill and The Presidio Group

February 23, 2012 at 4:19 AM

Brad Stratton: I realized that [Merrill Lynch] was going in a different direction.

Veteran Merrill Lynch manager leaves seven registrations on the table to return to his pure-RIA roots

Fed up with BofA and faced with a choice between managing advisors and being one, Brad Stratton moves to CONCERT

February 22, 2012 at 4:08 AM

John Beirne: It was really traumatic to go to my manager's office and resign.

A $2 billion, 69-year-old Merrill Lynch advisor passes up the gold watch in favor of breaking away

Fearing the loss of massive public accounts, John Beirne swallowed the idea of independence with help from Focus Financial

February 16, 2012 at 4:33 AM

 Leonard Reinhart: What really intrigues me about what he's doing is he's bringing Wall Street back to Main Street.

Why exactly Dave Loeper and a Smith Barney/E.F Hutton legend are teaming up

Leonard Reinhart has ideas about how to market the Richmond, Va.-based firm's patented technology - and alleviate strain

October 26, 2011 at 4:55 AM

HighTower plucked Ann Reider from an MSSB  branch in close proximity to HighTower's Chicago headquarters

Casting a wider net for talent, HighTower poaches an MSSB branch manager

After three years of relentlessly recruiting brokers from Wall Street firms, the strategic buyer will go to wirehouses to top off its managerial talent

October 21, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Duane Thompson says FINRA is keener than ever to regulate RIAs considering the waves of money flowing from the B-D to the fee-only side.

RIAs and B-Ds don't mix, says Duane Thompson at MarketCounsel Summit 2011

TD's Tom Bradley delivers a caffeine jolt of good news about the growth of the RIA channel

October 18, 2011 at 3:25 AM

Jeff Spears: The profit margin on brokerage revenues is in the low teens. For banking products and services, it’s 30%-plus.

A memo to Merrill Lynch brokers and customers from an executive who's walked in Sallie Krawcheck's shoes

The brokerage chief's departure last week marks the end of the experiment of a semi-autonomous Merrill Lynch

September 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM

With Sallie Krawcheck purged, 'the game is about to change in a big way', a former Merrill exec says.

Merrill Lynch brokers brace for sweeping comp changes as Sallie Krawcheck departs BoA and takes her advocacy with her

It's like 2008 all over again with some brokers just wanting out as clients question choice of employer, recruiter says

September 7, 2011 at 4:39 AM

Dave Loeper: If advisors are using our process, they need to make sure they have the appropriate rights to it.

David Loeper is taking on UBS but his patent lawsuit is raising alarms in the RIA business

A pitched battle over the uniqueness of a financial planning process could result in thousands of advisors paying royalties

August 11, 2011 at 3:02 PM

Steve Blumenthal abandoned his fund of hedge funds due to tax reporting nightmares.

Three RIA adventures that led to dramatic asset growth

Conversations with academics, expanding strategies and veering away from hedge fund of funds led to thriving niches.

July 28, 2011 at 2:22 PM

Richard Bernstein: This is the world’s greatest story – U.S. small caps.

Former Merrill Lynch analyst tells RIAs to steer clear of emerging markets

Richard Bernstein sees Greece as the tip of the iceberg

June 24, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Elliot Weissbluth: I can tell [advisors] life is better for you outside of the wirehouse and I didn’t know this fact three years ago.

HighTower dangles array of hedge funds to lure breakaways

Wirehouses have nothing on independents when it comes to access to hedge funds, firm says citing three-year study

June 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM

Jon Eaton: We think there’s much more than a niche; we think we have a better solution.

LPL Financial confirms that Akellian hire means big plans for its clearing services

The firm is eying fellow IBDs as customers and it aims to gain footing with Pershing and NFS

June 3, 2011 at 1:17 PM

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