Financial advisers lack the strategies and tools to service small accounts effectively, according to a recent Russell Investments survey
The giant firm conundrum: is it possible to create scale and still stay entrepreneurial?
Though the industry has been transformed, some old mistakes are being made again
There is no Big Deal for you right now at a Big Firm. Time to get pragmatic.
With the technological advancements in money management platforms and payroll systems, one has to wonder whether the costs associated with ERISA compliance could be removed from the retirement plan system. If we could safely remove those costs, it's likely we could help employees accumulate between 20% and 30% more money for retirement. So it's worth considering.
At a recent workshop, advisers told me they are finding that a surprisingly high percentage of their clients are unemployed. Advisers found this out during client reviews, and they said the news surprised them — clients had never called to let them know about their new circumstances.
The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard is an organization that every investor and financial professional should know about.
Remember a year ago? Worst case scenarios DO happen.
The debate about health care reform has resulted in at least one potential benefit: People are talking about end-of-life decision making
Both good companies and troubled companies have some lessons to learn
I recently cleaned out some old files in my home office and pulled out some account statements from 2000.
A CEO of one of the independent brokerage shops told me a story the other day.
The Bad Advisors and outright crooks always grab the headlines; time to strike back.
If it happened to Federer, it could happen to you
In the lexicon of regulatory reform, “harmonization” is a key word.
In my <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090716/REG/907159988>last column</a>, I provided an analysis of the income guarantees from a life-only, immediate annuity versus the likelihood of running out of money if you kept your retirement savings invested in the markets. I received a lot of comments on that column, and I thought I'd respond to several of them.
Can you keep that "culture" intact with so many changes happening within the organization?
