Live from FSI's OneVoice 2014 Broker-Dealer Conference: Electronic signatures have started to see wider acceptance from broker-dealers, says Laser App's Powell.
If succession planning is so critical, why do less than 25% of advisers have viable succession plans in place?
Adding key person to run day-to-day business so advisers can focus on clients, prospecting.
Advisory firm finds a way to help 'unprofitable' clients and build their talent pool.
Advisers who compare themselves to the competition have a better chance of staying ahead. Check out eight ways to get ahead and stay ahead.
Advisers who can get into the minds of clients and consider their biases when shaping their portfolios will achieve better financial outcomes because those clients will be more likely to stick with the plan, two behavioral finance experts said.
Room for wiggle appears to be shrinking as board sticks to its guns.
Has a vested interest; practitioners will push for something predictable and enforceable.
Breakfast with Benjamin: The Dow is getting dicey at these heights. Plus: Lawyers get rich on Madoff's mess, Volcker rule cuts prop trading, retirement back-up plans, and rich folks are spending less this holiday season.
Financial advisers who have recently upgraded their firm websites unanimously agreed that the projects were more taxing than they expected.
NetX360 will now offer portfolio management and re-balancing solutions from Blaze Portfolio and Portfolio Pathway, as well as Laser App forms management and configuration tools. In addition, NetX360 users will have access to Ebix Smart Office CRM software via a single sign-on.
The SEC has hired more and better professional examiners and any new registrants or any adviser who hasn't been vetted in the last 10 years "will be getting a visit this year," securities lawyer Thomas Giachetti said Monday at the Schwab Impact Conference..
Wealthbase, a new web and mobile application, connects advisers to consumers using algorithms that make matches based on expertise, location and availability. Wealthbase uses contextual links, the stock in trade of content marketers, to lead consumers from the website articles that they are reading to a live question-and-answer session with advisers.
The physician and financial planner on what advisers need to know about new health insurance choices
Open-enrollment for new state and federal insurance has begun, but many sites have long-loading times
Two consulting firms are linking together to provide a new coaching program.
From tech systems advisory firms plan to replace to what social networks indie brokers say they use the most, here are five big technology trends impacting independent broker-dealers.
The new iPad and hot apps may catch all the attention, but advisers need to focus on substance, rather than sizzle
