Your Practice

Displaying 13018 results
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 15, 2016
Employment outlook: Too many jobs can't find workers

A triple shortage in skilled labor, business equipment and public infrastructure could foil Trump's plans for 4% economic growth.

FINTECH DEC 15, 2016
Financial advisers must adapt quickly to competition from robos to stay in business: CFP Board

The CFP Board's research is the result of a gathering of more than two dozen fintech and other industry experts, who pondered how the advice business will change by 2021.

Raymond James scores a duo from Wells Fargo Advisors
RIAS DEC 14, 2016
Raymond James scores a duo from Wells Fargo Advisors

Connecticut team manages $230 million in client assets.

Michael Durbin gets to work building out Fidelity's distribution channels to advisers
RIAS DEC 14, 2016
Michael Durbin gets to work building out Fidelity's distribution channels to advisers

He points to his interim CEO post with eMoney for the kinds of things to expect from Fidelity Institutional Product under his direction.

FINTECH DEC 14, 2016
Centralized Data Exchange Can Support DOL Fiduciary Rule Compliance

RIAS DEC 14, 2016
How to keep clients from going wild when the Dow hits 20,000

To tame their animal spirits, call them before they call you.

Charles Schwab to combine robo-advice and financial advisers in new hybrid model
FINTECH DEC 14, 2016
Charles Schwab to combine robo-advice and financial advisers in new hybrid model

Financial giant targeting mass affluent clients with inexpensive planning services. <b><i>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20161202/FREE/161209981/robos-to-make-banks-a-bigger-competitor-in-advice-market&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robos to make banks a bigger competitor in advice market</a>)</b></i>

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 14, 2016
Must advisers manage money?

The debate over outsourcing investment management &#8212; traditionally the cornerstone of financial advisers' work &#8212; is heating up an evolving industry.

Morgan Stanley loses $250 million team to Raymond James
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 14, 2016
Morgan Stanley loses $250 million team to Raymond James

Raymond James picks up The Broadview Group amid its broader recruitment success this year.

Wells Fargo financial adviser with $350 million in assets skips to Raymond James
BROKER DEALERS DEC 14, 2016
Wells Fargo financial adviser with $350 million in assets skips to Raymond James

The Denver area practice will operate as First Avenue Wealth Partners.

Raymond James recruits three advisers managing $441 million in assets from Merrill Lynch
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 14, 2016
Raymond James recruits three advisers managing $441 million in assets from Merrill Lynch

The hires come as Raymond James gained the most assets under management through adviser recruitment of any financial firm in the third quarter.

FINTECH DEC 13, 2016
Apps to help make business travel easier for financial advisers

A little online research can make the difference between a good and bad experience.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 13, 2016
SEC to have skeleton crew in first half of 2017

LPL sued by Galvin over top producer's alleged variable annuity abuses
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 13, 2016
LPL sued by Galvin over top producer's alleged variable annuity abuses

Massachusetts' William Galvin charged the nation's largest independent B-D with failing to supervise a top-producing broker who allegedly committed fraud in selling unsuitable VAs.

RIAs find it easy to justify spending more on technology in 2017
RIAS DEC 12, 2016
RIAs find it easy to justify spending more on technology in 2017

Robo platforms are lifting client expectations.

Advisers may not feel it yet, but downward fee pressure is coming
RIAS DEC 12, 2016
Advisers may not feel it yet, but downward fee pressure is coming

Fidelity study finds RIA firm revenue yield fell to 69 basis points last year from between 72 and 73 basis points over the prior four years.

Wells Fargo's FiNet snags two Morgan Stanley advisers with $243 million in client assets
BROKER DEALERS DEC 12, 2016
Wells Fargo's FiNet snags two Morgan Stanley advisers with $243 million in client assets

Mercer Advisors acquires California RIA Fabian Wealth Strategies
RIAS DEC 12, 2016
Mercer Advisors acquires California RIA Fabian Wealth Strategies

The deal pushes Mercer toward $10 billion in assets under management

FINTECH DEC 12, 2016
Envestnet Tamarac rolls out Yodlee app to show outside assets, liabilities

Clients can add values for mortgages, 401(k) accounts and even an art collection into their portal.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 12, 2016
How advisers can connect with what's most important in clients' lives

Life stage transitions trigger newfound needs and create rare windows of opportunity to engage and win over customers.