HighTower

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  Elliot Weissbluth: The 2012 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2012

  Some people ride a wave, and some people create a wave. Elliot Weissbluth is a creator.

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  Paychecks and Balances

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2012

  You know a trend is well on the way to becoming business as usual when “independent” broker-dealers start jumping on the bandwagon.

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  Another Breakaway Merrill Advisor Heads to HighTower

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  Mike Papedis of HighTower’s business development unit says the addition of Charles Holt to the Pagnato-Karp Group shows how compelling the RIA business model is to individual advisors.

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  HighTower’s Weissbluth: ‘Brokers Are Butchers; Fiduciaries Are Dietitians’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2012

  Elliott Weissbluth’s two-and-a-half minute whiteboard animation video recently posted on YouTube calling brokers “butchers” and fiduciaries “dietitians” is drawing quite a bit of attention.

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  Merrill, Morgan Talent Drain Needs Response, Expert Says

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2012

  As more brokers move to independence, the wirehouses are left fighting over remaining reps.

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  Billion-Dollar Merrill Private Banking Team Joins HighTower

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 5, 2012

  The $1 billion Merrill Lynch private banking team joined Chicago-based RIA HighTower’s New York office on Friday.

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  RIA HighTower Expands National Footprint With Offices in Baltimore and Los Angeles

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2012

  HighTower continues its quest to gain a nationwide profile with the addition of two new offices, says Mike Papedis, executive vice president of business development.

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  The Mixed State of the Advisor Market

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2011

  Recent snapshots of the advisory industry’s mergers and acquisition activity, along with new data on the growth and decline in advisory channels, show that as wirehouse advisors are slowly shrinking, the business model of choice has become being dually registered advisors.

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  HighTower Adds New Advisor Team

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 2, 2011

  Chicago-based HighTower announced Tuesday that Blanke Schein Group joined the firm. Blanke Schein, based in Palm Desert, Calif., is the second financial advisor team from the area in the past month to join forces with HighTower, which serves high-net-worth and institutional clients.

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  HighTower Expands With Another Merrill Lynch Advisory Team

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 5, 2011

  HighTower announced Monday that it had recruited another advisor team from Merrill Lynch.