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FPA creates certificate course in college planning
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2022
FPA creates certificate course in college planning

The Financial Planning Association's four-hour course is intended to help advisers assist families with education decisions.

4 top planning needs for sophisticated advisory firms
OPINION MAY 11, 2022
4 top planning needs for sophisticated advisory firms

How should firms organize, develop and manage their operations to ensure continued success as they grow?

10 IBDs with the highest portion of female reps
BROKER DEALERS MAY 11, 2022
10 IBDs with the highest portion of female reps

Women are underrepresented in the advice industry, but at some independent broker-dealers, they make up a significant portion of the producing reps.

Orion's TAMP crosses $60 billion with latest deal
FINTECH MAY 10, 2022
Orion's TAMP crosses $60 billion with latest deal

Orion Advisor Solutions is expanding its TAMP capabilities by acquiring TownSquare Capital, a boutique investment and trading firm.

Ameriprise recruits $450 million team from UBS
ADVISOR MOVES MAY 10, 2022
Ameriprise recruits $450 million team from UBS

Christine Gustafson and her team at Phoenix Wealth Management are based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Transamerica offers absence-management tool
FINTECH MAY 09, 2022
Transamerica offers absence-management tool

Effort will help client companies manage disability leaves, other workplace absences and reduce administrative burden for human resources staff.

New technology helps advisers convert prospects into clients
FINTECH MAY 09, 2022
New technology helps advisers convert prospects into clients

Less than half of advisers are keeping track of how many of their prospects become paid clients.

Advisor Group adds two execs to leadership team
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2022
Advisor Group adds two execs to leadership team

Dimple Shah is named executive vice president of corporate strategy and Iryna Northrip becomes chief compliance officer for investment advisory.

UBS loses $3.9 million claim linked to YES options strategy
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2022
UBS loses $3.9 million claim linked to YES options strategy

A Finra arbitration panel ordered UBS to pay the clients $2.9 million in compensatory damages and $966,000 in attorneys' fees.

Dimon pay should be rejected by JPMorgan investors, proxy adviser says
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 08, 2022
Dimon pay should be rejected by JPMorgan investors, proxy adviser says

Glass Lewis & Co. cited a 'disconnect' between the CEO's pay and the bank's performance; it's particularly concerned about the $52.6 billion in options awarded to Dimon in 2022.

Black investors prefer Black advisers. What happened to being 'color-blind'?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 06, 2022
Black investors prefer Black advisers. What happened to being 'color-blind'?

The Ariel-Schwab Black Investor Survey quantifies a strong preference by Black investors to work with advisers who mirror their identities.

T3 2022 recap: Top takeaways from the adviser fintech conference
FINTECH MAY 06, 2022
T3 2022 recap: Top takeaways from the adviser fintech conference

What the advisory industry will look like after the pandemic was a major theme at the conference.

Avantax boosts recruiting bonus to add advisers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 06, 2022
Avantax boosts recruiting bonus to add advisers

Providing hefty bonuses to recruit financial advisers is like a sugar rush: sweet at first but it comes with a downside.

Advisor Group adds CAIS alts platform
ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2022
Advisor Group adds CAIS alts platform

The addition gives access to a menu of alternative investment products, including hedge funds, private equity, real estate and private credit.

J.P. Morgan launches direct indexing for RIAs
FINTECH MAY 05, 2022
J.P. Morgan launches direct indexing for RIAs

The Tax-Smart Separately Managed Account Platform lets advisers customize portfolios based on strategies created by J.P. Morgan’s index team.

Infuse meaning in milestones to attract, retain women clients
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY MAY 05, 2022
Infuse meaning in milestones to attract, retain women clients

Many women advisers are uniquely equipped to catalyze clients' values into plans and actions, said speakers at the Women Adviser Summit.

Franklin subsidiary rolls out more custom ESG tweaks for SMAs
FINTECH MAY 05, 2022
Franklin subsidiary rolls out more custom ESG tweaks for SMAs

The service has more data visualization, ESG-specific performance reporting and allows country exclusions.

Only men took the stage on first day of T3 conference
FINTECH MAY 04, 2022
Only men took the stage on first day of T3 conference

Of the 19 speakers scheduled to speak on the first day of the fintech-for-advisers event, only one was a woman.

Providing seamless digital experiences will help clients succeed in the long term
OPINION MAY 04, 2022
Providing seamless digital experiences will help clients succeed in the long term

Advisers should provide a holistic, hyper-personalized view of a client’s entire financial life, complete with data-driven recommendations.

10 IBDs with the most CFPs
BROKER DEALERS MAY 04, 2022
10 IBDs with the most CFPs

As the number of certified financial planners grows, here are the independent broker-dealers who employ the most CFPs.