Your Practice

Displaying 13014 results
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 25, 2015
How a uniform client service plan can help a fledgling firm grow

As industry competition continues to rise, advisers must take steps to grow their businesses quickly and sustainably.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 24, 2015
SEC Investor Advocate Fleming warns agency against diluting fiduciary standard

An SEC official, whose job is to represent retail investors, has warned the agency not to water down current investment-advice standards as it considers a rule to raise the bar for brokers.

SIFMA criticizes White House for ignoring existing regulations while pushing for DOL fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2015
SIFMA criticizes White House for ignoring existing regulations while pushing for DOL fiduciary rule

Trade group releases report saying brokers 'thoroughly' regulated already with structure in place for 100 years.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 24, 2015
How much does a top business school cost? Try $99,000 a year

SIFMA criticizes White House for ignoring existing regulations while pushing for DOL fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2015
SIFMA criticizes White House for ignoring existing regulations while pushing for DOL fiduciary rule

Trade group releases report saying brokers 'thoroughly' regulated already with structure in place for 100 years.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2015
Massachusetts securities regulator William Galvin sues SEC over small-company offerings

Massachusetts' top securities cop has filed a lawsuit to stop a recently adopted rule he claims curtails state oversight of stock offerings by small and emerging companies.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2015
Are your clients as wealthy as they are rich?

3 questions about their clients' goals advisers need to consider

Ex-F-Squared CEO's conduct 'did not cause loss or harm to anyone': lawyers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2015
Ex-F-Squared CEO's conduct 'did not cause loss or harm to anyone': lawyers

Howard B. Present “acted in good faith” when he led F-Squared Investments, the firm that said it misled clients about its investing track record during his tenure, lawyers for the former executive said in court filings.

Wall Street bonuses up 3%, even as banks pay millions in legal settlements
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2015
Wall Street bonuses up 3%, even as banks pay millions in legal settlements

Industry adds jobs in New York City for the first time since 2011.

Goodbye wealth management, hello financial life management
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2015
Goodbye wealth management, hello financial life management

For professionals working with clients on life and investment choices, it's time for a new category to capture what they do.

BROKER DEALERS MAR 23, 2015
Art Tambaro, former Royal Alliance chief, returns to the securities industry

Longtime industry exec to use Cetera's First Allied as broker-dealer in setting up OSJ.

BROKER DEALERS MAR 23, 2015
Merrill to pay $400,000 over telemarketing compliance shortfall

New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation says B-Ds do not 'fully understand' how to comply with telemarketing rules.

FINTECH MAR 23, 2015
Robo-advisers transform from threat to tool

Forward-thinking advisers and robo-advice platforms are finding middle ground that could be a boost for all involved.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2015
Tony Robbins pumps up advisers

Offers a glimpse of coaching program and outlines industry goals.

FINTECH MAR 22, 2015
Know the cyberrisks to thwart them

There's more to cybercrime than stealing client data, such as reputational risks to your brand

Where are the women? Bridging the gender gap in the advice business
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 20, 2015
Where are the women? Bridging the gender gap in the advice business

Tips for what advisers can do to build awareness of who they are, what they do and what they represent.

Alternative investing education grows in stride with fast-growing liquid alts space
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 20, 2015
Alternative investing education grows in stride with fast-growing liquid alts space

Wirehouses and broker-dealers are seen as the next area of expansion for year-old program.

Morgan Stanley's Hunger Games-inspired video they don't want you to see
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 20, 2015
Morgan Stanley's Hunger Games-inspired video they don't want you to see

The straitlaced wirehouse pulled the plug on this 10-minute spoof of the popular "Hunger Games" series. But did it go too far? You decide.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 20, 2015
Tax season a nightmare for gay couples

Supreme Court decision could help but it will be too late.

RIAS MAR 20, 2015
Convergent, rocked by suicide of CEO, announces replacement

A little over two months after the suicide of its CEO, $8.4 billion RIA Convergent appoints chief operating officer Douglas Wolford as a replacement.