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Answering questions about going RIA
NEWS OPINION JUN 07, 2021
Answering questions about going RIA

RIA Summit attendees had more questions about going RIA than panelists had time to answer. Find more answers here.

By Brad Wales
As RIAs evolve, C-suite specialization begins to emerge
NEWS OPINION JUN 07, 2021
As RIAs evolve, C-suite specialization begins to emerge

When RIAs add professional managers beyond the founding group of advisers to add professional managers, they can finally achieve the levels of growth and profitability the advisers envisioned upon launching their firm.

By Matt Sonnen
Ric Edelman stepping down from current role at Edelman Financial Engines
NEWS RIAS JUN 07, 2021
Ric Edelman stepping down from current role at Edelman Financial Engines

Edelman will stay on as a strategic adviser, a board member and the firm’s largest individual shareholder. Currently, he serves as the firm's chairman of financial education and client experience.

By Emile Hallez
Is the Carson Group worth $1 billion?
NEWS RIAS JUN 07, 2021
Is the Carson Group worth $1 billion?

Just five years ago, the Carson Group had a total valuation of $120 million, or six to eight times less than its current potential valuation. The firm said in October it is looking to raise capital to continue to invest in registered investment advisers and wealth management firms.

By Bruce Kelly
Wealth Enhancement Group buys $1.4 billion Hoover Financial Advisors
NEWS RIAS JUN 03, 2021
Wealth Enhancement Group buys $1.4 billion Hoover Financial Advisors

This marks the second major deal since March for the $35 billion RIA, and it's a sign of more to come, according to CEO Jeff Dekko.

By Jeff Benjamin
Steward Partners expanding roster of RIA custodians
NEWS RIAS MAY 28, 2021
Steward Partners expanding roster of RIA custodians

Opening its own broker-dealer gives the firm room to recruit advisers who don't hold RIA assets at Raymond James.

By Bruce Kelly
Fee-only RIA firms are growing at a healthy clip
NEWS RIAS MAY 28, 2021
Fee-only RIA firms are growing at a healthy clip

The total number of advisory firms with a fee-only model has risen 20% since 2019, according to an analysis of the latest data from the SEC.

By Devin McGinley
Mercer Advisors dumps ETrade custody for Raymond James
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2021
Mercer Advisors dumps ETrade custody for Raymond James

An aggregator with close to 50 deals since 2016, Mercer already had custody agreements with Schwab, TD Ameritrade, National Advisors Trust and Fidelity.

By Bruce Kelly
Mercer acquires $170 million RIA
NEWS RIAS MAY 26, 2021
Mercer acquires $170 million RIA

Succession planning motivated the sale of Mississippi-based ET George Investment Management.

By InvestmentNews
How to choose and implement technology
NEWS OPINION MAY 25, 2021
How to choose and implement technology

The key is knowing how to select software that solves your problems while simultaneously improving both the functionality and the profitability of your firm.

By Adi Garg
Charlesbank takes stake in $9 billion RIA
NEWS RIAS MAY 25, 2021
Charlesbank takes stake in $9 billion RIA

Los Angeles-based Lido Advisors plans to expand across the country organically and via acquisitions.

By InvestmentNews
What advisers really want from the next in-person conference
NEWS RIAS MAY 20, 2021
What advisers really want from the next in-person conference

More than a year of virtual events highlighted the appeal of quality content, and could change the look and feel of industry events that will now have to balance glitz, content, fees and virtual access.

By Jeff Benjamin
Edelman Financial Engines acquires tax-oriented firm
NEWS RIAS MAY 19, 2021
Edelman Financial Engines acquires tax-oriented firm

Viridian Advisors, an $846 million RIA, will bring CPAs and tax expertise to Edelman.

By InvestmentNews
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2021
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields

Professionals in any trade “have a sacred obligation to the client and society as a whole,” Blaine Aikin, founder of Fiduciary Insights, said in the keynote presentation at the InvestmentNews RIA Summit.

By Emile Hallez and Liz Skinner
$400 million indie switches to Arkadios from Lincoln
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2021
$400 million indie switches to Arkadios from Lincoln

Frank Hanna and Bryan Cogliano head RevolutionX, a hybrid based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

By InvestmentNews
Rockefeller adds UBS team managing $1.9 billion
NEWS RIAS MAY 17, 2021
Rockefeller adds UBS team managing $1.9 billion

Knowlton Knowlton & Larsen will be Rockefeller's first group of advisers in Boston.

By InvestmentNews
Market volatility focuses attention back on inflation risks
NEWS RIAS MAY 14, 2021
Market volatility focuses attention back on inflation risks

The historic government spending, combined with wage pressures, could be the catalyst for runaway inflation, according to experts. The S&P 500 Index, which is still up 9.5% from the start of the year, fell by nearly 4% early this week.

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC charges Texas RIA with fraud
NEWS RIAS MAY 14, 2021
SEC charges Texas RIA with fraud

Knight Nguyen Investments and its owner claimed to be experts in alternative investments.

By InvestmentNews
U.S. Capital Advisors acquires $1.4 billion RIA
NEWS RIAS MAY 13, 2021
U.S. Capital Advisors acquires $1.4 billion RIA

The company will merge Legacy One Financial Advisors into a subsidiary, USCA RIA, and rename the merged entity U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors.

By InvestmentNews
Will RIA and RPA worlds converge?
NEWS RIAS MAY 12, 2021
Will RIA and RPA worlds converge?

Though registered investment advisory firms could benefit from hunting for new clients at the DC plans they manage, will they begin to acquire retirement plan adviser firms?

By Fred Barstein