Shareholder Communications Corp. is acquiring Kissel-Blake Inc., a proxy solicitation specialist and consultant. Kissel-Blake, which has been involved in merger, acquisitions, restructuring and proxy contests with KKR/RJR Nabisco Inc., Philip Morris/Kraft, Philip Morris/General Foods and Bell Atlantic/NYNEX, will operate as a subsidiary of Shareholder Communications.
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."
The firms' collaboration shines a light on how the wealth management business works today and how it is evolving, as advisors weigh independence against the risks of "poking the bear" when they leave.
