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Competition for Talent Is a Major Issue for RIAs

The competition for attracting and retaining talent at RIA firms has been heating up for years as an increasing percentage of advisors leave one firm for another. According to Schwab’s latest...

Schwab reassures RIAs its brokerage advertising won’t take business away from them

During the opening session at Schwab’s annual conference in Washington on Monday, Mr. Bettinger and Bernie Clark, executive vice president of Schwab Advisor Services, touted...

The Global Financial Crisis Catalyzed Growth, Changes In RIAs, Says Schwab

Now a decade in the past, the global financial crisis significantly changed how independent advisors approach...

The RIA custodian said that 29% of advisors think longer client life spans will be the most impactful trend in the industry over the next decade.

A new survey from Charles Schwab shows that advisors are concerned about their clients living longer...

Finance & Commerce announces 2020 Top Women in Finance honorees

Each year Finance & Commerce honors the Top Women in Finance in Minnesota. Of each year’s honorees, a small number are chosen to receive the award for a second time.

$1 billion RIA leaves Cambridge Investment Group

The Berger Financial Group has designs on stimulating growth through further acquisitions

Berger Financial Group Leaves IBD, Sets Up RIA

Berger Financial Group spent 18 years with Cambridge Investment Research but now has launched its own RIA.

$1B Group Breaks Away From Cambridge

RIA Berger Financial Group plans to keep adding to its 40-member team, which includes 14 advisors.

Retirement and what people wish they had known before moving to Florida

Do you really know everything you need to know about retiring in the Sunshine State?

Advice for Advisors to help Navigate COVID

Advice for Advisors as they continue to navigate through COVID-19

Precious few of us were around as eyewitnesses back in 1918 when the Spanish flu pandemic took the lives of 50 million people around the world. The economy suffered as stock markets were sent into a tailspin.