Most companies charge a price for their digital advice platforms, but for how long?
Financial advisers have both the blessing and obligation to help people cope with their money anxiety.
You can't begin to help them avoid falling into this trap until you empathize with them.
Financial advisers may function more as coaches or marriage counselors as robos increasingly handle investment management for clients at all asset levels.
Blooom hopes to use her experience in financial crisis, student debt to push company forward.
The deal is the largest under the tenure of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Advisers who use Microsoft programs can expect new enhancements on the horizon.
Advisers discuss the structure of their annual meetings away from the office, which often include the top brass and mix a little social time with business.
Finra's CEO was one of the sharpest critics of the proposed rule, but now he's praising the Labor Department. <i><b>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus" target="_blank">Coverage of the DOL rule from every angle</a>)</i></b>
LinkedIn rolled out a new feature this month to help its users find professionals, including wealth managers and Certified Financial Planners.
Sweep reminds broker-dealers they're going to be held accountable for hiring brokers who prove not fit to work in the industry.
After the firm terminated its relationship with the adviser, it denied him access to client information.
Four states introduce accounts that help families save for special needs children
J.M. Egan Wealth Advisors will move into HighTower's New York headquarters, while maintaining offices in Madison and Sea Girt, N.J.
Two software providers are working to document ongoing compliance tasks: BasisCode Compliance and RIA in a Box.
Other partners include New York Life, Santander and current partner UBS.
The DOL fiduciary rule will forever change financial advice, and the industry now faces the challenge of adapting to the new regulation.
The mergers we may see as a by-product of the DOL rule are likely to be trickier &mdash; and more permanent &mdash; affiliations, and advisers will need to do their homework.
Pershing LLC has partnered with NextCapital, an adviser-facing robo platform.
The Labor Department's determination to move ahead with the fiduciary rule in spite of others' grave misgivings has left us with no other choice than to bring this issue before a court of law.
