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Ed O'Brien says CRM is an appropriate hub for an advisor system of technology under certain circumstances.

As WealthCentral surpasses 2,000 users, Ed O'Brien responds to questions about Fidelity's technology system at T3
The head of Fidelity's RIA tech efforts says that the technology is a good fit for breakaways

Thursday 2.23.12
Ben Brigeman is leaving as Schwab searches for ways to boost profitability in its retail business.

Ben Brigeman is exiting Schwab and his position atop its retail business -- perhaps portending bigger changes
The San Francisco-based company will have Andy Gill and John Clendening assume the duties

Thursday 2.9.12
Bob Oros resigned from Trust Company of America on Jan. 17.

Fidelity hires Bob Oros as its new RIA sales chief
The Schwab and LPL veteran leaves Trust Company of America and fills a void left by Scott Dell'Orfano

Friday 1.27.12
Schwab is moving Schwab Private Client completely out of its branches to a remote RIA.

Starting 2012 with a bang, Schwab will place its private client business under a new RIA
The Bay Area firm says it's making the move to avoid compliance clashes with ERISA; others say Schwab's riding the coattails of the RIA movement

Thursday 12.1.11
Mike Golaszewski: I absolutely intend to stay connected to this industry.

After defecting from Schwab a year ago, Mike Golaszewski departs Pershing
The techie helped develop strategies and websites for both companies

Monday 11.28.11
Lori Van Dusen has been thinking about starting an RIA for 20 years but the 'pieces' couldn't be assembled to her liking, until now.

Dynasty Financial wins the account of Lori Van Dusen's new RIA through Focus Financial
The arrangement holds the possibility of a symbiotic advisor-vendor relationship between the wealth management platform and the big aggregator

Tuesday 10.18.11
With Sallie Krawcheck purged, 'the game is about to change in a big way', a former Merrill exec says.

Merrill Lynch brokers brace for sweeping comp changes as Sallie Krawcheck departs BoA and takes her advocacy with her
It's like 2008 all over again with some brokers just wanting out as clients question choice of employer, recruiter says

Wednesday 9.7.11
Mark Benioff: ...So shall we see a Corporate Spring in companies that will be tossing out executives who do not bridge the Social Divide.

Dreamforce review: Social media enters the business cloud and why RIAs should care
Salesforce's annual event was a city in a city for a cult-like following of 45,000, including many financial advisors

Friday 9.2.11
Ed Beggs: Last year we had over 12 million forms downloaded from over 136,000 programmable pages.

Laser App is showing the prosaic business form's sexy side at its San Diego conference
Boring? Making the trip for the App Net event were folks from companies including: Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Pershing, Fidelity, Shareholders Service Group, Orion, Albridge, DST, Laserfiche, Redtail, MoneyGuidePro

Friday 8.19.11
Andrew Salesky: It’s come up many times in the past. The timing is right.

Schwab spells out the details of its franchise plan
The San Francisco broker is making five-year deals with dozens of financial advisors from across advisory channels

Wednesday 6.8.11
The Bellagio encourages gambling but IMCA asks vendors to cool it on the overt recruiting.

IMCA delivers sobering content in high-rolling atmosphere of Las Vegas
Shiller's downer message was tempered by Ben Mezrich; the conference buzz was the Advent-Black Diamond deal

Wednesday 5.18.11
Commonwealth's Todd Estabrook: “This is one of the things that are really important. We believe it’s important to be part of an integrated marketing strategy.”

Cambridge, Commonwealth vault advisors into social media; the boost is mostly free, for now
Will partnerships with, respectively, Socialware and Erado, translate into elusive growth-via-networking?

Friday 5.6.11
Timothy Welsh: The latest mobile financial planning applications from Finance Logix and innovative email marketing tools from Boulevard R were among the coolest developments at the conference.

Eavesdropping on the FPA Business Solutions conference: Mobile apps, web-based marketing -- and how you can make the most of the connected world
At the conference-within-a-conference, advisors explored a tech ecosystem

Monday 3.7.11
Weston's a sleepy suburb but Miami bustles nearby

Eavesdropping on the T3 Pre-Conference Miami Vice-style
South Beach strolling and hustling for integration deals mix in balmy breezes

Friday 2.18.11
Walt Bettinger: The Schwab brand is under-distributed.

Schwab eyes massive branch network expansion using independent operators
Leaner concept could become dominant retail channel for big San Francisco broker

Thursday 2.10.11
Matthias Paul Kuhlmey: We’re in the beautiful position to buy best of class (products and services) nevertheless you need an in-house function to hold it together.

HighTower makes an executive out of a partner to fine-tune advisor access to investments
Former UBS advisor will simplify the bewildering investment-related choices afforded by open architecture

Wednesday 1.26.11
Tim Welsh: As the sun sets and the temperature moves from comfortable to sublime, I start searching real estate listings and help wanted ads on the Blackberry.

What Tim Welsh had to do over Thanksgiving to break the FPA Australia story
Detours through the sunburned land of Oz

Wednesday 12.1.10
Ready to blog after uploading podcasts: Chris Hall (left) coaches students Kimberly Curtis, CFP, and Gary Klaben, ChFC, at FPA pre-conference Web 2.0 Boot Camp.

Eavesdropping on the FPA conference: a speech about scared investors resonates; and an embittered advisor speaks up
Plus, a top expert offers the next level of advice on social media

Tuesday 10.12.10
David Canter: One solution for broker-dealers looking to provide financial planning services in a fiduciary world: Fidelity's WealthCentral platform.

How the FPA's national conference is nudging large firms toward fiduciary care
Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, MetLife and others come as leopards looking to change their spots

Monday 10.11.10
Peter Hess: With 3300 users, Axys is here to stay...that said, the Axys clients I’ve spoken with at the Conference are really excited about APX.

Advent founder urges advisors to steer away from 'disruptive' course of switching systems
DiMarco cautions that a firm's ROI can be imperiled during the intense process

Wednesday 9.22.10
The RIABiz partners are very rarely in the same place at the same time; in fact, this is our first real team photo!

Notes from the RIABiz one-year anniversary party
The spirit of the RIA Business was strong at this backyard event

Monday 8.23.10
Susan Theder: The opportunity was exciting and unique enough to make me think that it wouldn’t come around again – not with a management team and board of directors this strong and an entrepreneurial environment this enticing.

Cetera lifts a high-end talent out of Pershing but can the IBD establish itself as a brand presence among advisors?
Susan Theder left a big job and she is moving cross-country; she'll try to make 'Cetera' stand for more than the old ING Advisor Network in a new wrapper, analyst says

Thursday 7.1.10
Brian Stimpfl: It was the hardest decision of my career.

[Updated] Why Brian Stimpfl left TD Ameritrade and where he is headed
A right-hand man to Tom Bradley takes a mid-career leap

Monday 4.12.10
James Surowiecki: Paradoxically, ignoring these people has turned out to be a great way of getting lots of customers.

James Surowiecki has lessons for RIAs about marketing's mushy middle
New Yorker writer warns against the amorphous marketing blob that GM and Dell succumbed to

Friday 4.2.10
Julie Littlechild: There is so much in this industry about talking. This is about doing.

The FPA's practice management event boasts two hot speakers in its first day
California entrepreneur and NSA star are among the top draws

Tuesday 3.2.10
Joseph Vietri: Check-up calls on wire transfers will continue indefinitely and more safeguarding steps will be added to the program

Schwab won't stop at wire transfer check-up calls in its quest for airtight security of RIA client assets
Top service exec at big custodian says the tumult of the last 18 months led to the escalation of asset safeguards

Thursday 2.25.10
Joel Bruckenstein says it was the final straw when his speech at a big industry conference got bumped into nighttime.

The T3 conference has a rebellious air and the makings of success
Bruckenstein and Drucker channeled their frustration about industry conferences into creating a tech mecca for RIAs

Friday 2.12.10
Tom Bradley: Says TD Ameritrade's conference, long second to Schwab's, now is the industry's  best-attended

Tom Bradley and Fred Tomczyk team up to give forward-looking state-of-the-TD Ameritrade speech
The Omaha-based parent of the RIA custodian is launching a four-year push on technology

Thursday 2.4.10
Matt McGinness: Everyone is working harder for less

Industry consultants grow practices by taking on deadline projects
Industry stars like Inveen, Roame, McGinness and Welsh are increasing revenues by shifting gears

Friday 9.11.09
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