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What I Have Learned from Speaking with Hundreds of Advisors Looking for a New RIA Custodian

By Rob Dilbone, Managing Director at TradePMR on Mar 13, 2024 3:30:00 PM

By Rob Dilbone Managing Director at TradePMR 10 Points to Evaluate in Your Next Provider.
Topics: Financial advisors RIAs Transition Registered Investment Advisor RIA Custodians
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Evaluating Service Without Being Served – Transition Support to Business as Usual

By TradePMR on Mar 21, 2023 8:49:19 AM

How registered investment advisers can help ensure their next RIA custodian offers the support they need to meet their goals. Advisors considering a change in RIA custodians face a difficult challenge, but not an insurmountable one.
Topics: Transition Service Registered Investment Advisor RIA Custodians Support
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5 Tips to Develop a Personalized RIA Custodian RFP

By TradePMR on Feb 28, 2023 3:18:30 PM

And 8 crucial components to consider in building out an RFP timeline. Regardless of if a firm has $100 million or $10 billion in AUM, every RIA will likely consider a change in custodians at some point. If your firm’s custodian has been acquired, ...
Topics: Financial advisors RIAs Transition Custodial Service Providers RIA Custodians
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TradePMR's Transition Team: Delivering White-Glove Service from the Moment RIAs Sign on the Dotted Line

By TradePMR on Jan 10, 2023 9:50:50 AM

A tailored approach to RIA custodian transitions could save your firm future headaches. Any financial advisor can attest that first impressions are crucial in relationship building. They often set the tone when establishing a new client relationship ...
Topics: FinTech Fusion RIAs Transition Registered Investment Advisor Custodial Service Providers
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Switching RIA Custodians? 5 Key Traits to Evaluate and Ensure Your Expectations Match Reality

By TradePMR on Dec 12, 2022 12:27:36 PM

Get the Custodial Assessment Guide to Help Streamline Your Search. Evaluating prospective RIA custodians can be tricky. Whether an RIA is approaching a custodian merger, or is otherwise considering a change in providers, there are a ton of points to ...
Topics: RIA technology RIAs Transition Service
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Expect the Unexpected: RIA Custodian Service Pre- and Post-Transition

By TradePMR on Dec 2, 2022 10:01:06 AM

Service considerations ahead of your RIA custodian merger. Right now, there are hundreds of RIAs facing what could be a tricky situation for their businesses – a rapidly approaching RIA custodian merger.
Topics: RIAs Transition Service Custodial Service Providers RIA Custodians
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How One Firm Transitioned RIA Custodial Service Providers to TradePMR in Under Six Weeks

By TradePMR on Nov 22, 2022 12:24:46 PM

Get the case study and learn how Fairhaven Wealth Management moved over $700M in assets on their tight timeline. In 2020 Chicago-based Fairhaven Wealth Management decided it was time to change RIA custodians.
Topics: RIA practice RIA technology Fusion Transition
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Not All RIA Custodian Transitions are Created Equal

By TradePMR on Nov 17, 2022 1:53:57 PM

Custodian Merging? Was your firm bought out? Compliance Concerns? There are currently trillions of dollars about to transition because of RIA custodian mergers. This massive amount of assets will need to move platforms, and in a relatively short ...
Topics: RIAs Transition Service Registered Investment Advisor Custodial Service Providers RIA Custodians
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Switching RIA Custodians? Consider Creating an RFP

By TradePMR on Nov 4, 2022 3:43:11 PM

RIAs approaching a merger or otherwise considering a change in RIA custodians face a difficult task: finding the provider that’s the best fit for their unique firm.
Topics: RIAs Transition Registered Investment Advisor Custodial Service Providers RIA Custodians