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Manisha Thakor: The purpose of money is to bring serenity, calm and joy to your life

One Santa Fe woman's female-centric approach to advice is attracting clients to her iconoclastic RIA

Manisha Thakor was drafted into her venture by three wealthy women who liked none of the existing alternatives

November 20, 2012 at 4:46 AM

Schwab creates visual sugar to make the technical medicine go down with a mobile iPad app.

Seeing mobile devices win niches in immobile offices, Schwab brings its RIA data to an iPad app

The notion of a boardroom in every Starbucks is out -- now the mobility of mobile devices is just a walk down the hall

November 5, 2012 at 4:56 AM

Schwab says that its RIAs have signaled, finally, a trust in the solidity of the cloud.

Schwab's plan to quickly get 1,750 RIAs off the desktop gets pricing and a pilot

Schwab PortfolioCenter will finally have a cloud option that doesn't take away an advisory firm's control of its data

October 26, 2012 at 4:01 AM

Brian Shenson: It's getting more looks (from legacy RIAs) as we add value.

Schwab adds element to plug-and-play technology with eye toward existing RIAs, not just fresh wirehouse recruits

NetDocuments will put electronic files right into the CRM window for RIAs using Schwab OpenView Integrated Office

October 26, 2012 at 3:59 AM

David DeVoe: Literally hundred of firms need to be sold over the next several years -– just to solve for succession.

The RIA M&A market continues to be a no-show, though 2012 pace is ahead of 2011

Only the roll-ups seem to have the focus, knowledge, capital and deadly intent to get results in this market

October 23, 2012 at 3:29 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

Doug Pyle: U.S. Trust possessed that common culture of trust and personal responsibility for our clients.

Dynasty clinches an ex-U.S. Trust advisor's trust by playing its U.S. Trust card

Doug Pyle and Radnor Capital were absorbed by the firm back in 1999 and now they're finding footing in independence again

September 20, 2012 at 4:58 AM

Richard Smith: Callan gave me an ultimatum.

Callan terminates a $1-billion RIA as a client after a 20-year run after the RIA turned its competitive guns on Callan

CapGroup Advisors began to subadvise fellow RIAs and make its own UMA products, and Callan saw it as a conflict; the RIA agreed

August 9, 2012 at 5:28 AM

Skip Schweiss: I feel like democracy worked the way it is supposed to work and that should be encouraging to all advisors.

How RIA forces squashed the Bachus bill by calling the implicit FINRA bluff

Faced with the threat of more SEC exams and higher fees to pay for them, RIA leaders said in effect: Bring it on

August 2, 2012 at 3:59 PM

Jon Beatty: We see private equity participating directly and indirectly through the national acquiring firms.

Even as mired markets stalled Q2 merger deals, private-equity-fueled national acquirers revved up prices

Only eight M&A deals were inked in the second quarter according to Schwab Advisor Services but what there was, was 'cherce'

July 27, 2012 at 4:22 PM

Drew Nordlicht: We spent more of our time explaining the trust aspect of the firm.

Luring a $330 million team away from UBS, HighTower opens first San Diego office

After five years at Smith Barney, HighTower convinces the team to complete second big move in five years

July 3, 2012 at 5:22 AM

Ken Robinson: It's a thinly veiled hostile takeover of independent fiduciary advisors by those who fear them the most.

RIAs flood Capitol Hill with protests against a SRO-FINRA future on the day of the Bachus Bill hearing

Schwab's Clark and TD's Schweiss lead the charge, arriving in D.C. with impassioned advisor missives predicting an 'avalanche of costly regulation'

June 6, 2012 at 5:24 AM

Zohar Swaine: I think it's the next wave of technologies we will tap.

TD Ameritrade's promise of creating an RIA version of Apple's app store may have found its prototype signing

Bing, bang, boom, HiddenLevers is part of the Veo ecosystem after one developer spent about two weeks writing code

May 11, 2012 at 5:42 AM

Tim Kochis: No one should be CEO for life.

Tim Kochis retires, months earlier than scheduled, but also years later than planned

The Aspiriant founder sent an e-mail to fellow employees on April 27th saying he's bolting a little early because of projects he wants to pursue.

May 11, 2012 at 5:20 AM

Jon Beatty: The pie is growing and everybody's benefiting.

Roll-up-like deals back on the rise in first quarter as RIAs look for succession plans

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

April 19, 2012 at 5:20 AM

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