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RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Tom Bradley: The evolution of the financial advisory model

TD Ameritrade's Tom Bradley discusses the recent rapid and major changes that are now shaping the advisory industry landscape. INTV reports from the Market Counsel 2011 Summit.

Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley
RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley

Equity market volatility is creating opportunities for investment advisers to expand their businesses, according to Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 20, 2011
LPL has plans to add 400 advisers a year

LPL Investment Holdings Inc., already the largest independent broker-dealer in the industry, wants to add 400 registered reps and investment advisers each year, chief executive Mark Casady said last week

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 18, 2011
Indie status of reps up in air after workers' comp insurer fines B-Ds

California carrier claims Finra rules make reps employees of their broker-dealers; 'Where does this stop?'

Advisers still failing at finding successors
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 18, 2011
Advisers still failing at finding successors

More aim to put a succession plan in place, but lining up that perfect someone elusive; heirs not apparent

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 18, 2011
Top 10 reasons employees leave advisory firms

FINTECH OCT 18, 2011
Unified wealth management platform announced by Fiserv

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2011
Merrill advisers rebuffed on bias suit

The Supreme Court has refused to revive a bid to sue Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit for allegedly paying 700 black financial advisers less than their white counterparts

Schwab launches business unit targeting RIAs
FINTECH OCT 17, 2011
Schwab launches business unit targeting RIAs

Schwab Intelligent Technologies part of the evolving strategy to deliver on the firm's technology promises

Dynasty trusts: A way to let the wealthy duck estate, gift taxes forever?
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 17, 2011
Dynasty trusts: A way to let the wealthy duck estate, gift taxes forever?

Jeffrey Thomasson, 52, may pass on more than $100 million to heirs using an estate-planning strategy for avoiding gift and estate taxes.

FINTECH OCT 16, 2011
Web savvy boosts client trust level

Not surprisingly, investors are becoming more adept at using technology to manage their finances and evaluate investment-related information

WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY OCT 16, 2011
Slower recovery

The Great Recession ended in June 2009, but don't tell that to women

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 14, 2011
Online success tips

The following is an edited transcript of the Sept. 13 webcast “Extreme Makeover: Social-Media Edition.” It was moderated by deputy editor Evan Cooper.

This adviser is in hiring mode
RIAS OCT 13, 2011
This adviser is in hiring mode

Small-business hiring stalled in September as owners await signs of an improving economy, but the picture is brighter for independent investment advisers, a large RIA firm argued.

EQUITIES OCT 13, 2011
This tech fund beats benchmarks by avoiding 'bleeding edge' stocks

Looking beyond the technology-centric U.S. market is key to building a solidly diversified portfolio of tech stocks, according to Ian Warmerdam, manager of the $300 million Henderson Global Technology Fund.

FINTECH OCT 12, 2011
Tamarac makes it into the club

IRS boosts caps on 401(k) contribution, death tax exemption
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2011
IRS boosts caps on 401(k) contribution, death tax exemption

The bad news: the hike for retirement plan kick-ins is puny, while the estate tax exclusion plummets next year

Return to sender: U.S. to benefit from China wage growth
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2011
Return to sender: U.S. to benefit from China wage growth

Rising labor costs in China will prompt American factories to move production back to the U.S., creating up to 3.2 million jobs by 2020, the Boston Consulting Group said.

FINTECH OCT 09, 2011
Cetera brings in money managers to advise reps

Cetera Financial Group Inc. is launching a mutual fund/ETF advisory program that will give financial advisers in the firm's three broker-dealers access to institutional services and advice from three major money managers

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2011
2011 Community Leadership Awards: A night of inspiration

Jeff Henderson was a bright youngster who grew up in the inner cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. By the time he was 19, he had parlayed his natural business talents into a $35,000-a-week drug-selling operation.