RIAs

With more than $23 trillion in high-net-worth investor assets still held outside of the industry, advisors still have "a huge opportunity," says Jonathan Beatty of Schwab Advisor Services.

The most important investment a wealth management firm can make is in its people. To thrive over the long term, firms must be able to attract and land great talent.

Even as a first step for clients seeking information on advisors, BrokerCheck is under scrutiny by advocacy groups.

Aggregator adds myCIO to its four previous investments Veritable, Clarfeld Financial, Baker Street Advisors and Welch & Forbes.

LPL has brought six teams on board worth approximately $2.8 billion in combined client assets to its RIA platform since February.

LPL aims to serve retirement plan assets of large RIAs, some of its strongest competitors in non-retirement plan advisory work.

Eight months after Boston Private bought Banyan Partners, superstar Peter Raimondi is no longer CEO, key advisors are gone and asset growth has stalled.

Last year, real estate crowdfunding worldwide crossed the $1 billion mark. That amount is expected to rise by 150% this year to $2.57 billion.

Hybrid robo Autopilot provides clients with a 24/7 asset management call service, while Market Movement Strategies connects advisors with top strategists.

Focus now has 34 partner firms nationally and three in the suburban Chicago market with the addition of Relative Value Partners.