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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 15, 2011
Advisers ride out East Coast quake

Shaken but not stirred to close down shop after 5.9 temblor rocks the East Coast.

FINTECH AUG 14, 2011
Financeware sues UBS over patent

Family offices big on hedge funds: Survey
RIAS AUG 09, 2011
Family offices big on hedge funds: Survey

Typical family office invests more than a quarter of its clients' assets with hedge funds; share could be even larger

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 09, 2011
Stunner: Family office market now pegged at $1 trillion

So why aren't more advisers going after these clients?; 'very attractive investor class'

Two top Securities America advisers bolt for rival LPL Financial
RIAS AUG 08, 2011
Two top Securities America advisers bolt for rival LPL Financial

'Stay bonus' be damned: LPL's gain is Securities America's loss as two top producers depart

Pay raises next year won't be much, Towers predicts
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2011
Pay raises next year won't be much, Towers predicts

Hikes likely to be around 2.8% for salaried workers; inflation running close to 3% this year

Counting coup: Trailblazing B-D attracts funds from Indian Country
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2011
Counting coup: Trailblazing B-D attracts funds from Indian Country

NativeOne is first tribally owned brokerage registered with NYSE; 'not always treated equally'

RIAS AUG 05, 2011
Investors Capital will subsidize FSI memberships for its advisers

The Financial Services Institute, the lobbying organization for independent broker-dealers, said Friday that it had picked up the support of advisers this week from sizable independent broker-dealer Investors Capital Corp.

What advisers are telling their wealthy clients to do now
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2011
What advisers are telling their wealthy clients to do now

The ongoing stock market sell-off, sparked by the deficit debate and the subsequent U.S. credit downgrade, is pulling down the prices of even the bluest of blue-chip stocks. No wonder so many investment managers are exhorting their clients to buy, buy, buy.

Jobs to the rescue? Treasury yields rise from lows as economic concern eases
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2011
Jobs to the rescue? Treasury yields rise from lows as economic concern eases

U.S. two-year note yields increased from a record low yesterday as the Labor Department said the U.S. added 117,000 jobs, up from a revised 46,000 gain in June and compared with the 85,000 forecast in a Bloomberg News survey.

Former A.G. Edwards execs are out at Wells Fargo
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2011
Former A.G. Edwards execs are out at Wells Fargo

Several former long-time executives of A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. are no longer with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, InvestmentNews has learned.

FINTECH AUG 05, 2011
A new tool kit to help advisers track household wealth

Envestnet Inc., a turnkey technology and wealth management provider that went public in July, is adding several unified-managed-household features to its platform this week.

RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
Envestnet to provide money management platform for SSG

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. has signed an agreement to provide a money management platform for Shareholders Service Group Inc., a San Diego-based custodial firm that serves 700 advisers.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch still on hiring roll
RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Bank of America Merrill Lynch still on hiring roll

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has brought on six new financial advisers in Texas, Pennsylvania and California.

Advisers on the Move: The top 10 gainers (assets)
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 01, 2011
Advisers on the Move: The top 10 gainers (assets)

The following is a list of the ten firms that attracted financial advisers with the most assets during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2011, according to data recorded in the InvestmentNews <a href=InvestmentNews <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/section/recruiting-moves>Advisers on the Move</a> database. During that time, InvestmentNews tracked 544 financial advisers that have changed firms, with more than $76 billion in client assets at the time of their departure.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2011
Identifying elder financial fraud

Advisers can be guardians of their elderly clients' best interests, shielding them from financial fraud in ways that even family members can't

SEC makes it official: Adviser switch delayed until March 30
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 28, 2011
SEC makes it official: Adviser switch delayed until March 30

Investment advisers who must migrate from regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission to state oversight now will have extra time to make the transition.

FINTECH JUL 27, 2011
Raymond James to launch annuity matchmaking tool

New software tool will help advisers scan for the best variable annuity option for a client.

Finra's Ketchum: Questions still surrounding social media
FINTECH JUL 25, 2011
Finra's Ketchum: Questions still surrounding social media

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 25, 2011
LPL latest to deploy social-media archiving system

Independent broker-dealer selects Erado's API-based archiving, tracking and post-review tool