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RIAS JUL 14, 2014
Advisers held back by fee-based fears

Wirehouses outpace the rest of the industry in making the shift to charging fees.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 14, 2014
CFP Board moves to strengthen academic underpinning of planning profession

Group plans a business school-based doctoral program and a journal, and is considering a research facility.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 13, 2014
How advisers are guiding clients through critical crossroads

Advisers forced to go beyond numbers when faced with clients' concerns

FINTECH JUL 13, 2014
Teaming up takes 24/7 pressure down

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Popular tax breaks will get renewed this year, GOP says

Republican lawmakers see tax-extender approval going through before the end of 2014, keeping tax breaks favored by clients in place.

RIAS JUL 11, 2014
Merrill Lynch team with $592M in assets moves to LPL

Chicago-based team has moved to LPL's hybrid RIA platform.

The top apps being embraced by NextGen advisers
FINTECH JUL 11, 2014
The top apps being embraced by NextGen advisers

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Even decades of legal protection don't create diversity

What barriers can be identified and scaled to address this pervasive weakness in the financial advice industry?

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Insurance industry calls on DOL to allow propriety sales, revenue-sharing in fiduciary rule

Insurance industry calls on DOL to allow propriety sales, revenue-sharing in fiduciary rule; predicts business will “contract dramatically” if agency doesn't give it an exemption to higher advice standard

The new Apple iOS features most relevant to advisers
FINTECH JUL 11, 2014
The new Apple iOS features most relevant to advisers

From Bill Winterberg: Which features of Apple's latest operating system advisers need to know. Plus his highlights from Apple's 2014 World Wide Developers Conference.

BROKER DEALERS JUL 11, 2014
Why did Sterne Agee fire its CEO?

Why did Sterne Agee <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140527/FREE/140529934&quot;>fire CEO James Holbrook Jr.?</a> Many want to know, especially since the firm and its former CEO were recently accused of all manner of professional hanky-panky.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Three steps to greater gender diversity in the RIA industry

It's time to take action to bring more women into the advisory profession.

RIAS JUL 11, 2014
Stocks have biggest May in years but where's the excitement?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: Why there's no excitement for this stock rally. </i>Plus: Fee-only RIAs in the catbird seat but they can't relax; the active ETF world heating up; what QE has wrought; on Phil Mickelson and insider trading; and Apple's big day.

FINTECH JUL 11, 2014
How to pick the best CRM system for your practice

Five tips can help you adopt a system that saves time through automated workflow efficiencies

Using your imagination to help you move your book to a new firm
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 10, 2014
Using your imagination to help you move your book to a new firm

Techniques that can assist you in transferring client assets with more confidence and serenity.

One group of workers gets big raises. Most others are out of luck.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 10, 2014
One group of workers gets big raises. Most others are out of luck.

Even as the economy hums away, the typical wage increase is only 2%.

FINTECH JUL 10, 2014
Now is the time for advisers to embrace social media

In a recent survey, more 50% of advisers said they are deterred from social media either by regulators or their own firms.

FINTECH JUL 10, 2014
Tech training at the top of the to-do list at many RIAs

For most, training is more of a priority than buying new tech products.

EQUITIES JUL 09, 2014
Volatility looks cheap and risky

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays: Following in the footsteps of Sallie Krawcheck. Plus: The volatility play: Cheap but risky, bond managers brace for higher rates, dancing around the issue of student loan debt, and a potato salad venture whets the tax man's appetite.

FINTECH JUL 09, 2014
Wanted: Advisers to take tech survey

Sampling serves as an excellent snapshot of industry technology trends.