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How to become and profit as a fee-based registered investment advisor
Often, people refer to registered investment advisors as investment advisors or investment managers or money managers. It really is a different position than selling stocks, bonds and mutual funds. http://www.registered-investment-advisor.com/money_manager.htm. The fee-based advisor looks after the investment portfolio and has two objectives: to retain the client and have the client's portfolio grow. Only by fulfilling these two objectives will the advisor see his income rise. The broker on the other hand, seeks typically to generate "gross" this month and may not have the same long term view. http://www.registered-investment-advisor.com/investment_advisor.htm.
The primary disclosure tool that the financial advisor must prepare and give to each client is form ADV. This contains information about the advisor's background for the past 10 years, how they manage portfolios, services they provide and fees they charge. This is now all maintained on line through the IARD system maintained by the FINRA. http://www.registered-investment-advisor.com/form_adv.htm.
Does the registered investment advisor need a broker dealer? No, not in the capacity of an overseer. Every RIA needs a broker dealer to custodian their client portfolios. The most well known custodians are Schwab Institutional (http://www.registered-investment-advisor.com/schwab_institutional.htm), TD Waterhouse (www.advisorservices.com), Ameritrade Institutional (http://www.ameritradeinstitutional.com/ria-home.html), Fidelity Investment Advisor Group (www.ibg.fidelity.com). In order to sign on as an RIA with these firms, you need a clean ADV and typically at least $5 million in clients assets (although Ameritrade will take less).
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