RIAs

Scottrade is making a big bet that there is room in the booming RIA custodial market for another major player to compete against Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade and Pershing.

Most of the nearly 13,000 pages produced in a lawsuit are duplicates, the board alleges in its ongoing court battle with Jeffrey and Kimberly Camarda.

From client interfaces to integration and digital signature, here's what's on tap at the four major RIA custodial firms.

If you're not focusing your time and attention on the people who add the most value to your firm, you're getting it wrong.

PageOne Financial denies SEC charges that the RIA aimed to fund its own sale with commissions from advisor clients.

Most advisors won't get the price they want from selling their practices -- and don't really want to sell anyway, one study finds.

David Lau, the longtime COO at Jefferson National Life Insurance -- which specializes in Monument Advisor, a flat-fee variable annuity sold to RIAs and fee-based advisors -- has left the company.

A paper that Hopewell published introduced stochastic modeling -- including the use of Monte Carlo simulations -- to the profession for the first time.

As his private equity owners start to look toward an exit, the founder seeks to bring in new management to position the firm for growth.

Michelle Smith explains the advantage of specializing in divorce planning.