Charles Paikert is a senior editor at Financial Planning. Follow him on Twitter at @paikert.
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Speculation about the RIA's future is quelled with a $100 million investment from Thomas H. Lee Partners.
October 25 -
The sale of an asset management firm gives Mariner a capital source to buy RIAs. Lots of them.
October 20 -
Independent firms need capital, but some top executives question private equity's benefits.
October 18 -
Wealth Partners Capital Group's strategy uses a triumvirate, multi-regional method to buying firms.
October 12 -
The acquisition gives Tiedemann $11 billion in AUM, impact investing expertise and a presence in the Northwest.
October 12 -
An acquisition may pivot on making sure the RIA's nearly 200 advisors stick around after a deal closes.
October 10 -
Greg Fleming was tapped to become CEO of the newly formed Rockefeller Capital Management.
October 4 -
Louis Martin Blazer is a "cooperating witness" in the federal case targeting corruption in college basketball.
September 27 -
Advisor Munish Sood is charged with fraud and bribery by FBI and U.S. Attorney.
September 26 -
The impact of a possible stock market decline, benefits of firm size and the breakaway phenomenon were debated at the Deals & Deal Makers conference.
September 20 -
The retirement powerhouse has made six deals so far this year, most recently acquiring Davidson & Garrard with $685 million in AUM.
September 20 -
Armed with private equity capital, Carson Group rebrands and will become an aggressive M&A player, outsource provider and breakaway recruiter.
September 20 -
Buyers have big M&A advantage; many sellers stuck in 'the valley of doom,' advisors are told at Deals & Deal Makers Summit.
September 19 -
Advisors are in trouble if they neglect a client’s health needs.
September 14 -
Health savings accounts have soared in popularity, but providers are adding layers of fees.
September 11 -
The average deal size for an RIA transaction is over $1 billion in AUM, according to Schwab.
September 8 -
For many, walking away from their firm is ‘like selling their baby.’
September 6 -
These plans once merely supplemented health insurance. Now they are a vital part of a broader retirement strategy.
August 28 -
Class-action lawsuits inspired by the DoL regulation “may go away,” says a prominent ERISA attorney.
August 3 -
The nation's biggest IBD believes macro trends are ideal to boost recruiting, says LPL managing director Bill Morrissey.
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