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Schwab RIA custody exec Elyn Davis lands at Raymond James where she'll lead 'client experience' as hybrid-RIA battle heats up among major IBDs.

Altruist expects its margin lending service to be fully up-and-running by September; broad support for short-selling will follow.

It's the latest move by the Westlake Texas RIA custodian and brokerage to bolster 'economics' of its key revenue source, but the savings aren't being passed to investors, and FDIC and SIPC coverage quality has huge differences

Rick Wurster told analysts that Forge makes Schwab the private investments 'destination of choice,' but Rachleff retorts as a private equity insider he can attest that top PE firms and hedge funds channel worthy investments to institutions.

Corient whets its appetite buying Seven Bridges' $5 billion and $8 billion business in Tulsa and $5 billion Vivaldi in in recent months; lightening integrations -- and 'permanent capital' -- make the pace sustainable

The antidote to a problem that does not yet exist is still a hypothetical power that may be a deterrent to investor fears that undercut Schwab's power to raise capital with equity.

The Boston firm says client withdrawals of around 4% are a giant drain, and the Moss Adams guru says hungry Boomers are spending their kids' inheritances, raising a question -- is the Great Wealth Transfer a mirage?

The $6.6-trillion Omaha RIA outsourcer and the emerging RIA custodian have vast advantages over each other but also have a growing affinity.

The Fort Mill, S.C., broker-dealer is keeping its Commonwealth narrative intact -- it's both all economics and all service-quality DNA injections and each is proceeding apace -- with third-party validation and performance

The broker-dealer's shares lost $90, falling to $303 over two weeks on fears AI might eat its lunch, but now it has Anthropic on its team; Morningstar predicts a $540 share price soon enough