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Trevor Hunnicutt

Trevor Hunnicutt looks at a lot of charts and reports on fund flows as a reporter covering asset management for financial advisers. But he’s not all fun and games. From time to time you might also find the seafood aficionado shucking oysters on the waterfront in Brooklyn.

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3 decades of learning from mistakes

Rick Adkins has been in the financial advice business for 32 years. That is long enough to…

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SEC unveils plan to investigate never-before-examined RIAs

Commission spells out activities it will focus on during exams.

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Online brokerage Motif introduces flat fees for advisers

Silicon Valley startup also raises $35 million in funding from venture group.

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Schwab aims to help breakaways skip IBDs on path to independence

Broker-dealers are no longer considered a necessary step on the road to RIA, says Bernard Clark, head of the adviser services division at Charles Schwab.

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Morgan Stanley tweaks compensation plan

Morgan Stanley will reduce payouts to low-performing experienced brokers, expand awards for hitting performance targets and enhance bonuses for increasing lending, according to details of the plan confirmed by InvestmentNews.

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SEC to take ‘swipe’ at RIAs that have never been examined

In 2014, SEC officials expect to take a 'swipe' at the group of about 4,000 RIAs that have never been examined before, but critics are skeptical. It's no game of gotcha, the agency's compliance chief says.

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Schwab to give unhappy clients a fee refund

Certain clients will be entitled to get back a quarter's program fees.

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Advisers brave polar vortex’s brutal cold

But only the temperatures are negative, as advisers shrug off nasty weather and get to work.

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Alive! Former adviser disappeared after allegedly ripping clients off captured

Aubrey Lee Price went missing in June 2012 after revealing private-placement losses in a cryptic letter. He has been found alive. Trevor Hunnicutt reports.