Articles tagged "Focus Financial"
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The explosive growth to $20 billion AUM of Marty Bicknell's second roll-up-like venture, Montage Investments, and where his $8 billion wealth manager fits in
With admirers saying he takes a page from Warren Buffett, the Mariner Wealth CEO 's side bet on disenfranchised, unappreciated A-grade money managers
February 10, 2014 at 5:23 AM
What two things Tom Nally says 'no' to in managing his $270-billion RIA empire
The TD Ameritrade chief of RIA custody sees no reason to handle advisor commission business or serve roll-ups geared to hybrids
February 6, 2014 at 5:10 AM
An advertiser's-eye view of TD Ameritrade's national conference
Firms that rarely advertise had booths, including mega-RIAs, competing custodians and Marty Bicknell
February 3, 2014 at 4:40 AM
What bet Rudy Adolf is making on RIAs by pre-borrowing $550 million from Bank of America and a wider syndicate
The Focus Financial CEO sees lending rate at rock bottom and ROI on RIA investing with room to rock
January 8, 2014 at 9:41 PM
HighTower shifts into high gear with a three-team, $1.2 billion AUM in-three-weeks spree
An alpha predator in 2010, 2011, the Chicago-based rollup, now with with 260 employees, roars again, twice at Merrill Lynch and once at UBS
December 2, 2013 at 6:19 PM
Part II: RIA custodians' answer to challenges to their monolithic control: We still have big-time scale advantages
Roll-ups and other mezzanine firms are squeezing RIA custody margins as a value proposition but the big-brand custodians -- and some new ones -- are liking the cards they have to play
November 11, 2013 at 6:53 AM
Part I: Is the era of the monolithic RIA custodian coming to an end?
RIAs, small custodians, co-ops, study groups, roll-ups, TAMPs, compliance shops, OSJ and IBDs are all chipping away at much of what fit under the roofs of Schwab, Fidelity, TD and Pershing
November 1, 2013 at 4:51 PM
How a $20-billion RIA is buying its 'Microsoft' marketing agency as the engine for propulsion to $100-billion
Adam Birenbaum is betting on David Levin to be his J. Pierrepont Finch but to succeed by really trying
October 10, 2013 at 5:19 AM
Partners at Focus Financial check their egos at the door to secure $216 million of hard cash
Polaris, Summit and CEO Rudy Adolf sell a portion of their stake in the big aggregator to Centerbridge Capital Partners -- and it puts them in a minority position for the first time
July 16, 2013 at 1:49 AM
Focus Financial gets a long-sought $400 million DFA RIA in Dallas -- with Adam Birenbaum's firm as the final added ingredient
Rudy Adolf's roll-up-like team used crerativity and persistence to get Jim Whiddon out for coffee; Matt Brinker at United Capital also closed a small deal but projects bigger revenue will come aboard soon
July 2, 2013 at 5:30 AM
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
April 15, 2013 at 5:16 AM
HighTower loses RIA with $1 billion of assets and Northern Trust street cred
Margaret Towle broke the HighTower mold somewhat for having an RIA, not coming from a wirehouse, and serving only 10 clients
April 5, 2013 at 10:54 PM
A $1 billion RIA in the NY burbs got there without marketing now Focus Financial is assigned the makeover
Portfolio Strategy Group sells to the New York-based RIA umbrella and a website is the first order of business
February 1, 2013 at 6:32 AM
How three small firms backed with big-time M&A muscle brought in $450 million with strategic buys
There are vivid back stories behind each Focus-owned firm's deal; taken together they could show the way forward for the aggregator model
January 24, 2013 at 8:04 PM
A $17-billion RIA doubles down on a social media strategy that netted it 50 Facebook employees
Super bloggers with real street cred are the missing ingredient for casting a Web net
