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SEC, Schwab, and Michael Kitces all improbably allied successfully to 'protect' sub-$1 billion RIAs by reclassifying them as 'small,' but move may create vulnerability -- th…

The SEC will absolve 17,400 practices -- a 40-fold bump -- of onerous 'big' RIA definition, but Paul Atkins could use ...
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Craig Siegenthaler sat out the Oct. 29 Ameriprise conference call but three of his peers asked about the 'elephant' he cited in double-downgrading the broker's stoc…

The BoA analyst took Ameriprise from buy to sell based in part on fears that Amerprise is being compelled to stop poaching ...
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Crisis of confidence still dogs 'Top Advisor' rankings, only months after ethics scandal rocked Forbes and cast shadow over Barron's, but the business is too lucrative to pa…

Forbes is back in business after three-month stand down, and it's business as usual at Barron's, but two wirehouses are still ...
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Schwab RIAs have until Monday to convert exclusively to 'Docusign,' ending paper era, as it deputizes Nevis to help RIAs conquer their onboarding quagmire – and pr…

The Nov. 2 deadline marks a huge Schwab milestone but the real challenge remains – integrating the back-office with ...