Articles written by "Lisa Shidler"

Lisa has been a reporter for 14 years and has been covering the financial services industry for five years -- she also comes from the world of InvestmentNews. She's been with RIABiz since November 2010.

Lisa is based in the middle of the country on the northwest corner of Indiana, about an hour from Chicago. She's married with two young children – Liz, 7, and Chance, a toddler.

	Title	Date Published
	What ever became of RBC's RIA custody unit after it showed such promise Royal Bank of Canada high-ups say RBC Advisor Services still holds importance, but the Cerulli numbers are concerning and some RBC brokers are barred from channel switches	Thursday 5.16.13
	How Jeffrey Concepcion manned up after FINRA and Lincoln Financial troubles to become an LPL giant In only four years, his OSJ RIA has $6.2 billion in advised assets and 130 advisors, thanks to a radical cold-calling plan and lower, yes lower, payouts than other OSJs	Tuesday 5.14.13
	Having won advisor assets, Envestnet's next -- more Google-like -- play is for their smarts The Chicago outsourcer will soak up and synthesize information from 23,000 advisors and distribute it in real time in an effort to create one big giant brain out of an atomized industry	Friday 5.10.13
	RIAs recount how they reap new clients using LinkedIn and Twitter, stealing a march on shackled wirehouse advisors A whopping 90% of the mass-affluent investor pool is online and 44% of them are actively looking for an advisor	Thursday 5.9.13
	Fidelity gleans why so many 'attractive' advisors cling to wirehouses and Cerulli's newest RIA data shows plenty find courage Those hefty retention bonuses aren't the only thing keeping brokers tied to their desks -- family sentiment has huge impact on 'fence-sitters'	Wednesday 5.8.13
	At Envestnet event, Sallie Krawcheck alludes to Crager alliance, blasts women-as-niche marketers and edges perhaps closer to endorsing the RIA model The former wirehouse exec is satisfied with her own 'gal about town' status but not 'Republican' tendencies of financial advisors	Tuesday 5.7.13
	Envestnet breaks out ENV2 to oohs, aahs and a few groans at its bust-out event in Chicago After years of cobbling on capabilities, the TAMP streamlined and made tablet-compatible its web presence, though not to pure approbation	Thursday 5.2.13
	How RIAs are helping their clients participate in confusing lawsuits 2008-2009 market meltdown settlements are just now coming to fruition, and giant RIAs are signing up with a filing firm to get in on the action	Wednesday 5.1.13
	LPL, Raymond James and TD data -- and Walt Bettinger, Mike Durbin comments -- reveal rotten first quarter for breakaways Mark Casady's explanation is hard to swallow for Danny Sarch, Mindy Diamond; Bettinger inveighs against 'rat trap' of checkbook recruiting; Ryan Shanks says advisors are "numb to the chaos"	Friday 4.26.13
	An advisor fee bill hits Congress again, this time gaining qualified support from RIA groups Rep. Maxine Waters' bill, which would require fees from advisors for the SEC, is unlikely to pass, but groups say it will push off FINRA efforts for now	Monday 4.22.13
	Industry leaders puzzled by RIAs' being paid by Schwab and Fidelity for investing in funds Some RIAs see it as an unacceptable conflict, but the custodians are unabashed about the arrangements	Friday 4.19.13
	Two firms that have love-hate relationships with RIAs draft their harshest critics to serve as consiglieres Advisor-rater BrightScope and tech startup Riskalyze draw two smack-talking industry observers into their inner circle	Tuesday 4.16.13
	Focus Financial goes after $100-million wirehouse brokers after hiring five employees suited to the task The big New York aggregator will put the brokers through a one-year seasoning process before placing them in RIA foster homes	Monday 4.15.13
	How BrightScope plans to publicize RIA advisory fees fairly amid all those onion layers One competitor is convinced the Alfreds are merely rewarding fee obfuscation but the San Diego iconoclasts refuse to be discouraged	Friday 4.12.13
	In the wake of an unusual HR event, Cetera is seeking its new Barnaby Grist Donald Marron has worked to bring class to the IBD business ands Grist captured that in human form	Monday 4.8.13
	How a TAMP, a New York startup, a $14-billion hedge fund and Brinks are part of bringing cold, hard gold closer to RIAs Merrill Lynch was first to put Gold Bullion International at advisor fingertips, but now Envestnet will make it easier for independents	Friday 4.5.13
	Wielding its Texas six-shooter, TD Ameritrade wins a $500-million rep in the Dallas area from LPL Modeling itself after local juggernaut, Neiman Marcus -- and dissing WalMart of Arkansas, CFO4Life signs on with locally-based Tom Nally	Monday 4.1.13
	How one IBD rep just zoomed to $1 billion AUM -- on his way to $2 billion -- but remains impervious to calls from RIA custodians Tom Bartholomew says that his pull with Commonwealth gives him more time with clients and extra-responsive service	Wednesday 3.27.13
	Why a $750 million LPL hybrid is selling its annuities expertise by eyeballing client contracts for RIAs VAs aren't all bad, according to one New Jersey RIA -- in fact, some yellowing agreements are well worth a second look and could be worth keeping	Tuesday 3.26.13
	Veteran recruiter effects a reverse breakaway of his own, moving to a more captive, more compensated life at TD Ameritrade Independence is swell, but the allure of a steady paycheck can be hard to resist -- especially for a father of college-aged kids, a former partner speculates	Wednesday 3.20.13
	Raymond James launches 'phenomenal' RIA-like pay structure to the $100 million set The custodian hopes its keep-all-the-gravy pay scheme will keep its own advisors from defecting and win would-be RIAs	Tuesday 3.19.13
	Killing two birds with one stone, Schwab delves deeper into the variable annuity game With interest rates low, consumers are desperate for safe income and Schwab needs a way to generate revenues to replace lost money market fees	Monday 3.18.13
	An LPL super-client hits 'pause' on recruiting after an SEC inquiry and LPL is playing a parental role Despite the scare, LPL stands by this OSJ and wants to support these explosive growers	Friday 3.15.13
	Fidelity quietly imposes an ETF 60-day fee that makes RIAs with trading strategies seethe Mike Durbin says that Fidelity still has net trading costs on iShares that are pretty unbeatable	Friday 3.15.13
	Fidelity and BlackRock are cooking up a (de facto) de novo ETF company deep in the Rockies The Boston giant appears to be renting the iShares first-mover advantage as a way to get big in a hurry	Thursday 3.14.13
	How Fidelity is locking arms with BlackRock and appealing to RIAs to fend off a Schwab ETF threat The Boston and New York giants are seeking a big win by offering greater value through greater liquidity on the distribition side -- while quietly partnering on ETF-making in the fund factory	Thursday 3.14.13
	Sparks fly after FundFire reports that Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs are offering some RIAs their corner-office research The Financial Times publication stands by its story, but Merrill won't comment, making the fiery situation smokier; Goldman is unabashed	Friday 3.8.13
	$1.6 billion RIA nabs Fidelity's $1 billion-man and a United Capital advisor seeking a gilded local brand Philadelphia-based Westcott brings on a recruiter and a specialist in women in transition	Wednesday 3.6.13
	Aspiriant sets the stage for its next big buy -- and only RIAs with more than $1 billion in assets need apply Now that the $7-billion Los Angeles firm has digested Deloitte, its executive M&A team ponders its next move	Tuesday 3.5.13
	RIA loyalists slam the SEC for playing into FINRA's darkest characterizations of haplessness Is the Securities and Exchange Commission asking for more cash to examine RIAs, getting it, then spending it on other priorities?	Friday 3.1.13
	Schwab garners $4 billion in index-only 401(k) assets fast out of the gate Critics applaud the San Francisco broker's early success but wonder whether such a cost-focused approach is really enough	Friday 2.22.13
	New RIA with familiar faces gets running start at putting advisors into the 401(k) driver's seat Two financial entrepreneurs have 50 firms on board; the idea is for Pathway Strategic Advisors to take the fiduciary burden off of advisors who handle 401(k) assets for clients	Thursday 2.21.13
	HighTower grabs sought-after $650 million Merrill Lynch 'life sciences' team and shrugs off recent deal slowdown In the old money town of Philadelphia, the strategic buyer is 'planting a flag' and going after new wealth created in the biotech realm	Wednesday 2.20.13
	Riskalyze debuts website featuring 'worst' wirehouse portfolios to shock and attract clients Horror stories abound -- like the 82-year-old widow who has 15% of her holdings in Apple stock and 9% in Facebook	Friday 2.15.13
	Schwab bluntly reviews PortfolioCenter to coax thin-skinned software vendors to its Zagat-like forum Our take on Schwab's self-review: It's disarmingly fair but short on specifics -- and just plain short	Tuesday 2.12.13

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