Charles Paikert

More acquisitions are expected in the digital wealth management space as firms look to quickly add tech platforms and services.

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Affiliated Advisors Group, which manages approximately $600 million in assets, will operate as an OSJ branch within Royal Alliance, part of the AIG Advisor Group network.

“We were worried [advisors] would be at a competitive disadvantage," says Bernie Clark, Schwab Advisor Services' executive vice president.

LPL's "lagging earning results" led the company's compensation committee to cut Mark Casady's bonus by 40%. But Casady also got $6 million in stock options.

Behind the scenes, tension was building in the executive suite, according to insiders. And Moore's departure appears to have been the result of an internal rivalry with the man who replaced him as president.

It's 'not what I would consider to be planning,' said RCS Capital CEO Michael Weil during a Citi Asset Management Investors Conference in New York.

After stepping down as LPL president, Moore takes an executive board role with Ron Carson, who heads an LPL branch office.

Getting to intimately know the business and culture of CapGroup Advisors was key to this week's merger, says Michael Nathanson, chairman and chief executive of Colony Group.

Advisors who can bring in and work with clients, wealth strategists with tax and accounting expertise and successor CEOs are in greatest demand.

CFO moves up as departing exec heads to asset management shop.

Retail advice revenue accounted for roughly two-thirds of RCS's total full-year revenue of $2.8 billion, but the company's 2014 loss was almost 100 times greater than in 2013.

While regulatory costs pulled-down full-year profits, the giant IBD seemed to turn a page at year end with a 9.8% spike in fourth-quarter earnings.

The robo advisor plans to add 90 to 120 new employees and add resources to Betterment Institutional, which already works with 90 advisory firms.

The big questions going forward are who will be doing what in the digital advisory space -- and when and how they'll be doing it.

Net new AUM is a "high-quality reality check," said Paul West of Carson Wealth Management.

Couples should "practice being retired," taking long vacations and spending more time together -- but not too close to the kids.

Some RIAs who claim to be for sale "have no intention of selling," said United Capital's Matt Brinker. "They like the dance."

One of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most prominent independent wealth management firms is selling a majority equity interest.

"The prospects for organic growth for RIAs and IBDs have never been greater. We expect to see more lift-out and advisors turning independent activity in 2015," says Liz Nesvold, managing partner of New York-based investment banker Silver Lane.