Clients want steady assurance from a seasoned adviser, but they want it integrated with the most vital tool they use to manage their lives — their phones.
The more complicated you make your advisory firm, the less valuable it is. Complexity can also reduce the odds of arriving at a fruitful succession plan.
Robinhood plans to double the number of full-time registered reps this year after recruiting 100 advisers from other firms since 2019.
Financial advisers continue to recommend hefty cash reserves yielding almost nothing and losing ground to inflation, under the premise that safety trumps yield.
It's not easy to keep up with the credits you need under normal circumstances, and the pandemic has made it even harder.
Sharkey leaves a solid legacy as a mentor, friend, colleague, educator and staunch proponent of quality financial advice.
Some of the biggest names in financial services are building the wealthtech equivalents of Uber right now, and they’re using APIs to do it.
Advisers nearly universally agree that a return to office meetings is key, and that they must change
Last year, the 25 largest independent broker-dealers reported $26.6 billion in revenue, an increase of 4.3% from 2019. Although financial results were far from spectacular, growth at leading IBDs last year was resilient in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the havoc it caused for the broader stock market.
The former Goldman mortgage-backed securities star will take over from John Hollyer, who is retiring.
A 12-member group at the independent broker-dealer will work on company and industrywide initiatives.
The newcomers had criticized Blucora for mishandling the broker-dealer, Avantax, calling it a potential 'gem of the wealth management industry.' The shareholders reelected the 10 current board members.
MMC Group will be based in RBC’s office in Jericho, New York.
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., accuses Democrats of trying to 'cater to the far left.' Democrats say ESG, diversity data is crucial.
The independent broker-dealer, backed by Reverence Capital Partners, is suing an annuity company owned, in part, by the same private equity firm.
Evan Lereah’s father started the Red Bank, New Jersey-based business 40 years ago.
A struggle for seats on the board of Blucora Inc., which owns the independent broker-dealer Avantax Investment Services Inc., is heading for a showdown. Blucora has purchased two broker-dealers in half-a-dozen years to expand into the wealth management business.
Clients who feel they’re being ignored or getting second-class treatment will get fed up and leave, especially if investment performance hasn’t been great or the firm has dropped the ball somewhere else.
Andrew Meredith and Kevin Lindung are based in Towson, Maryland.
Walnut Beech Advisors maintains offices in Michigan and New York
