Former brokerage executive Sallie Krawcheck downplayed the rise of wirehouse breakaways, telling a conference of advisers that wirehouses have more important things to worry about.
Estimates range from $5,000 to $20,000; sharp opposition to Finra getting involved.
RIA with $9.5 billion from ordinary people branches into the funds.
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Finra said the firm overbilled more than 20,000 fee-based accounts in its RIA unit by $2.4 million over seven years and ordered it to pay a $350,000 fine.
Decision by advisers, including an executive director of the ultrahigh-net-worth group, to leave the firm and join Presidio comes amid management changes.
On Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, Wall Street makes its case for why consumers should be spending big. Plus: Avoiding 'bag lady syndrome', the insurance industry gets digital, and oil starts to look and feel like a free market.
Robos will force a change in the financial landscape, especially in pricing and democratization of knowledge, but they won't necessarily be the winners of the new era.
Months after teaming with Betterment, Fidelity has added LearnVest to its platform, and may even one day launch its own automated advice platform.
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Steven Lockshin, the firm's founder, is stepping down from his role as chairman and will be replaced by Richard Gershen, the executive vice president of wealth management at City National, Convergent's parent company.
On Thursday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, adviser, Teddy bear collector and former New York Islanders co-owner gets jail time for major financial fraud. Plus: Congress is finally disapproving of Congress, the real 'slack' in the labor market, and realizing even more things are taxable than you thought.
The big fish are rethinking and redefining what it means to provide financial guidance to a person's entire financial life. Are you going to take them on?
Former Convergent CEO David Zier took out a life insurance policy that later reimbursed investors in his outside fund, sources say.
High-functioning advisory teams embrace practices also used in many C-suites
New platform aspires to be an alternatives outsource for financial advisers.
As more Americans demand online billing, some advisers are kicking the tires of mobile payment systems such as PayPal and finding benefits and drawbacks.
