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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 01, 2012
Clients undergo a 'significant shift to austerity'

Advisers say something has changed dramatically in the minds of affluent, free-spending clients.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 31, 2012
How to tell a good story

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
How Mesirow used worker incentives to promote wellness

When Mesirow Financial Inc. offered its employees free physicals a few years ago, only about a third of the 875 employees in its Chicago headquarters participated. For the most recent round of tests in early October, more than 750 people turned out.

When it comes to risk profiles, don't trust client surveys
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 29, 2012
When it comes to risk profiles, don't trust client surveys

Advisers need to take a big-picture approach to assessing suitable investments, says Ibbotson Associates

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 29, 2012
Integrating work flow for efficiency

FINTECH JAN 29, 2012
Jumping on Salesforce bandwagon

FINTECH JAN 29, 2012
Numbers aren't nearly as important as education

FINTECH JAN 29, 2012
Performance reporting is vexing

Investors eye alternatives but are married to cash
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 27, 2012
Investors eye alternatives but are married to cash

Many interested in real estate and gold but plan on putting their assets into CDs, Treasuries; opportunity knocking?

Advisers: Clients better off than in 2008, but Obama must go
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 26, 2012
Advisers: Clients better off than in 2008, but Obama must go

Survey reveals deep discontent with the president; onus placed on POTUS for stifling the economy

FINTECH JAN 26, 2012
Top 10 intermediary web sites

For the 13th year in a row research firm kasina LLC has come out with a study and list of the Top 10 intermediary web sites for financial advisers.

Clients shedding net worth at swift clip
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 25, 2012
Clients shedding net worth at swift clip

Declines in stock market, home values pummels individual assets; lots of deleveraging going on

Most advisers overstating their expertise: Cerulli study
RIAS JAN 24, 2012
Most advisers overstating their expertise: Cerulli study

A survey of more than 1,500 financial intermediaries over the past year found "pattern of misrepresentation"

 Shop Talk: Instruct clients to keep appraisals up-to-date
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 24, 2012
Shop Talk: Instruct clients to keep appraisals up-to-date

Investment advisers should insist that clients get appraisals of valuables updated periodically

RIAS JAN 24, 2012
HighTower scores $1B adviser

HighTower Advisors has landed Margaret Towle, a high-end investment adviser with Greycourt & Co. Inc. doing business in Seattle and Minneapolis, despite market volatility that tends to keep advisers put.

Mind your social-media compliance programs: SEC
FINTECH JAN 18, 2012
Mind your social-media compliance programs: SEC

Finra has warned investment advisers to examine the effectiveness of their social-media compliance programs based on findings from recent SEC adviser examinations.

Tweet away: Finra backs off social-media posting regs
FINTECH JAN 18, 2012
Tweet away: Finra backs off social-media posting regs

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has backed away from a proposal that would have required broker-dealers to file social-media postings with the regulator.

RIAS JAN 18, 2012
Advisers who are fee-based feel handcuffed

It's anything but a virtuous cycle. The markets are down. Financial advisers who base their fees on assets under management are hurting. The only fix? Raise prices. But how can you in this market?

Another big custodian cutting its payroll
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2012
Another big custodian cutting its payroll

Northern Trust latest to downsize; total layoffs among top three custody banks could top 4,450

CFP Board eases up on advisers who go bust
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2012
CFP Board eases up on advisers who go bust

Aims to end disciplinary proceedings against planners who declare bankruptcy