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21Mar
As Bob Oros-led HighTower reboots, it bags an ex-Goldman RIA, hires two, makes a CMO imminent, and clarifies mission
Louis Diamond Quoted By Oisin Breen Two months after taking the reins at HighTower Advisors, CEO Bob Oros' notched his first…
Read More21Mar
RIA buyers challenge private equity for deal dominance
Louis Diamond Quoted By Charles Paikert Private equity-backed buyers of advisory firms have dominated the RIA headlines for the past…
Read More19Mar
Five habits of highly successful millennial advisors
By Louis Diamond An aging advisor population has highlighted the need to increase the ranks of next-generation (‘next-gen’) advisor talent.…
Read More11Mar
Wells Fargo Advisors sweetens the pot for both older and younger advisers
Louis Diamond Quoted By Bruce Kelly After bleeding advisers for more than two years, Wells Fargo Advisors is changing its…
Read More07Mar
Wells Fargo Will Give FAs Bigger Rewards for a Warm Hand-Off
Barbara Herman Quoted By Miriam Rozen To boost its recruiting and retention efforts, Wells Fargo Advisors has announced that, effective April 1,…
Read More05Mar
What Makes a Financial Advisor a “True” Fiduciary?
By Mindy Diamond While wirehouse advisors may have every intention of acting as a fiduciary and making decisions with their…
Read More25Feb
Are Wirehouses Paving Their Own Pathway to Independence?
By Mindy Diamond Wirehouse advisors seeking independence may not have to break away. They can operate as “captive independents” within…
Read More22Feb
Equitize Your Exit: How to Make Your Remaining Years Count
Webinar featuring Louis Diamond Many financial advisors don't have a succession plan for themselves. Louis Diamond joins host Chris Holman (Executive…
Read More22Feb
Will Wirehouses Thwart FA Flight to Independence by Less Grid Tinkering?
Barbara Herman Quoted By Miriam Rozen Last October, almost three weeks before Merrill Lynch Wealth Management’s Andy Sieg disclosed that his wirehouse’s 2019…
Read More20Feb
Will Wells Fargo’s RIA Offering Cannibalize its Advisor Ranks?
Barbara Herman Quoted By Miriam Rozen Wirehouse Wells Fargo recently unveiled the identities of the first two advisors to join its new…
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The latest from our podcast series for financial advisors
A Best-of-All-Worlds Model: Full-Service Independence with Equity Upside
Jim Gold, CEO of Steward Partners, talks about his own breakaway journey from Morgan Stanley, the co-founding of Steward and what makes this quasi-independent model one that’s really resonating with advisors seeking the infrastructure of a wirehouse and the flexibility of independence. Plus Jim shares some breaking news about the growth of the firm. 
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