United Planners Financial Services, an independent broker-dealer, is in the early-launch phase of a document management software venture called Cleverdome. The venture offers two middleware solutions, Media Integrated View Unification and Source of Accurate Record, which allow brokers to view and manage documents in the cloud.
Understanding someone's technology explains more about their business than AUM ever could.
With hurricane season upon us once again, it is important to remember one of the enduring lessons of Hurricane Sandy: Natural disasters no longer discriminate on the basis of geography.
Advisers need to watch that clients do not inadvertently inflate their income and Medicare costs
Jazz up plain-vanilla PowerPoint slides with video, graphics.
From ignoring social media to being unable to delegate, here are traps advisers need to avoid in 2014 if they want any chance to thrive
Computers and the internet have changed everything, not only for us but for the “NextGen” as well.
The New York-based trio works with more than 2,000 clients and plans to grow
Mary Beth Franklin passed the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.'s certification exam. But unfortunately, you can't call her a certified financial planner — and probably never will.
Now is a good time to ask two important questions. First, do your clients really appreciate you? Second, do your clients know how much you really appreciate them?
Whether it's the time you spend or the content you post, you need to think long and hard before jumping in.
New report finds the high-net-worth clients would rather communicate the old-fashioned way.
After complaints, the consumer-facing website reverses course by letting advisers claim and maintain their profile at no charge.
LPL service will allow retirement plan sponsors to shed participants who can't be located or who are nonresponsive.
When it comes to LinkedIn, regulators have become "misguided helicopter parents that will not let our industry mature and grow," according to blogger Matthew Halloran
Revamped portal allows planners to talk among themselves.
Advisers often ask recruiters to explain the difference between gross production and net pay.
If you cannot see yourself doing it, whatever “it” means to you, you will never, and I mean never, achieve it.
FMB Wealth Management is offering entrepreneurs a crowdfunding platform that provides access to big-money accredited investors whose deep pockets can make a difference for startups.
