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Jason Lahita: I'm not going to enter into a client relationship if I don't feel a connection and if there isn't a fit.

Known for his high 'emotional quotient,' Jason Lahita rides solo, again, as a PR guru; this time, he's selective and looking for a few good non-robots

The Los Angeles RIA PR pro is launching a company called StreetCred from a backyard outbuilding with a mindset of finding clients who click with him

September 16, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Jason Lahita: I slowly made myself expendable.

Jason Lahita explains what it means to be true to yourself by stepping aside from FiComm, his booming pr and marketing firm, to rediscover his true passion

Perhaps the best-known RIA PR person out there, Jason Lahita built a firm that grew too big to allow him to do what he loved best--getting in the trenches and crafting campaigns.

September 13, 2018 at 9:12 PM

Joe Duran: The majority of the people in the industry are the walking dead, and they don’t even know it.

Power Player: Joe Duran powers beyond old 'roll-up' labels even as his United Capital roll-up shifts into a higher gear

In America few second acts surpass the first but the United Capital CEO is on at least his third act -- and he's a native African

August 21, 2017 at 10:48 PM

Anthony Scaramucci: Every dentist in America can have a $25,000 to $50,000 hedge fund portfolio, run by the best and brightest hedge fund managers in the world.

The art of the leveraged deal: Borrowing against the patience of a Chinese buyer, 41,000 FAs and the White House ethics office, Scaramucci scores 10 days of fame and runway to do more deals

Hedging his bets, 'the Mooch' took out Priebus and stayed 'on track' to sell his SkyBridge stake to the Chinese at an above-market valuation

August 1, 2017 at 11:41 PM

Anthony Scaramucci: I believe that you have to subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team.

Anthony Scaramucci tweets his way to Donald Trump's side after flaming out of investment business

After jumping into the fray to defend Donald Jr. on Twitter, 'the Mooch' -- once (maybe twice) fired as a Goldman Sachs broker -- will craft communications for Donald Trump as financial and legal smoke threatens to burst into flame

July 21, 2017 at 11:45 PM

Lobbying took on a new meaning at the Fontainebleau this week at the MarketCounsel Summit.

MarketCounsel Summit 2016 -- the theme is when the boss calls, you go

The Fontainebleau glitters, but not with newly minted Trumpsters, as Summit chief Brian Hamburger got more than he bargained for with the conference's theme of 'change'

December 9, 2016 at 4:41 PM

Brooke Southall, Michael Lock, Megan Carpenter and Jason Lahita : I don't expect to see [Google and Facebook] in heavily regulated businesses, Lock says.

Credible reasons Facebook and Google won't become robo-RIAs and other things I learned at Hearsay Social-Pershing event in San Francisco

The atmosphere was SOMA startup, the 20-plus RIAs wore suits and dresses and Mark Tibergien was in listening mode

May 15, 2015 at 7:08 PM

F. Siddley Barth: I apologize on behalf of Wall Street and hope we can smooth things over.

Hiring 'ringer', Big Four wirehouses launch joint RIA custody unit to stem breakaway broker tide as its leader delivers a reluctant 'sorry' for the 2008 financial debacle

Out of retirement, F. Siddley Barth takes reins of 'dark' effort that will gain light at upcoming Tiburon CEO Summit

April 1, 2015 at 3:30 PM

Jason Lahita: We marketing mavens had determined to tweet until our fingers bled.

How a Twitter 'storm' extended the MarketCounsel Summit from hundreds to thousands of people and showcased the potential of tweets

A PR team discovers the value of the ubiquitous social media tool but also the perils inherent in sending your 140-character stream of consciousness through the ether

January 3, 2014 at 5:49 AM

Jason Lahita: I remember hesitating, dancing in place as I considered the threat, in the span of seconds.

What I experienced as a passenger in LAX when the bullets started to fly

The reality sunk in more as I stood with a TSA agent with blood on his ankle

November 2, 2013 at 7:01 AM

Josh Brown -- right -- with partner Barry Ritholtz: Our message of simplifying your portfolio, passive investing, and putting the bulk of assets in index funds gets a little fuzzy when on the other side of the wall they're pitching hedge funds.

Mystery solved: Josh Brown and Barry Ritholtz start RIA -- or is that actually where the intrigue begins

After a couple of years of 24/7 tweeting and blogging, the duo is poised to scoop up talent on the cheap, keep it simple and dare to offend but experts say they also need to avoid 'talking heads' syndrome

October 11, 2013 at 6:19 PM

John Michel penned the letter to clients of BloombergBlack alerting them that his company -- for now -- is withdrawing from the investment advisory business.

Bloomberg warns that BloombergBlack is shutting down

The move toward a 'very quick death' shocks virtually everyone as the New York data giant alludes to its plans to offer financial advice down the road

July 25, 2013 at 10:29 PM

Walter Bettinger: There was a period late yesterday in which wait times were excessive.

Schwab CEO issues 'sincere' apology, reassures on data security and calls attacks a 'fact of life' after website goes down

Walt Bettinger also declares mea culpa surrounding long wait times for telephone service late on Tuesday

April 25, 2013 at 3:08 AM

Jason Lahita: This was scarier than anything I'd ever experienced, and made the 'difficulty' of the decision seem laughable.

How my experiences with RIA pioneers, and the love of my mother, inspired me to a different breakaway story

Jason Lahita had mentoring from Joe Duran, Ron Carson and Mindy Diamond but his mother's early onset dementia gave him the final nudge to take a risk

February 18, 2013 at 8:36 PM

Stuart Miller: Our time horizon is another 25 years. Theirs is three.

Cetera rebrands divisions in its own name, but $1-billion advisor defects to a rival startup

Cetera says the move will help advisors attract clients, but RMR Wealth Builders, seeing it as prelude to a sale, has signed on with IEP Financial

September 18, 2012 at 5:47 AM

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