InterComm allows day-to-day and year-to-date reporting on commissions, and splits soft dollars from execution costs, showing the amount available for research. It can also generate invoices, process payments and track research.
Two experts in mergers and M&A sales explained how and why RIA owners need to clean up their data, get a formal valuation and figure out other technical questions before they make a succession deal.
With its Estimated Value Index, the valuation expert FP Transitions seeks to give RIA owners a leg-up in knowing just what their firms can most likely fetch in a sale.
As Vestmark marks 25 years, CEO Karl Roessner explains how the RIA-focused platform grew to $50 billion by leaning into AI while keeping client data in-house.
Industry consultants recommend steps RIAs in Schwab's referral network can take if they're worried about competition for clients.
Over the past decade, the annual revenue gap between LPL and any other independent brokerage has soared to more than 100% from less than 1%. But that doesn't mean that the No. 1 firm can rest on those laurels.
As analysts raise concerns that AI could undermine the economics of generous transition deals, executives at Ameriprise, Stifel and Raymond James wonder if firms are paying too much to recruit advisors.
