“Our agreement with MPA will allow us to enhance the flexibility of our UMA offerings,” said Bob Peatman, managing director of national sales at FundQuest. “We have offered managed model-based UMAs since 2005. Now, with MPA’s overlay management capability, we will be able to offer completely customizable adviser-directed portfolio solutions. In addition, our clients will have access to sophisticated strategies for tax management as part of the overlay process.”
The influential planning entrepreneur and the FPA are leading an effort to change a tiered fee structure for continuing education providers that started three years ago.
Schwab services 16,000 RIAs with 2,000 different fee structures. According to the industry's largest custodian, the exact costs come down to "a very personalized negotiation" with the firms.
For our Know Your Niche series, Steve Mason, with Bank of America's Private Bank, has developed a client base out of horse lovers like himself.
After experiencing $14 billion in assets outflows in the last quarter of 2025, UBS brought in more than $5 billion in the first quarter of this year.
The newly formed Cetera Planning Partners is part of the firm's plan to broaden its channel for advisors working as direct employees.
A federal judge finds that the embattled brokerage Alpine Securities' argument that FINRA should answer to the federal executive branch amounts to " wishful thinking" that "collapses under the weight of spiraling aspiration."
