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RIAS JUN 23, 2011
Some advisers decide bigger isn't better

Limiting the size of their practices allows them to devote more time to clients

Laserfiche launches iPhone app
FINTECH JUN 22, 2011
Laserfiche launches iPhone app

Mobile program allows for document and content management while away from the office

Phone-based banking: Dial 'M' for money
FINTECH JUN 22, 2011
Phone-based banking: Dial 'M' for money

Mobile banking is the wave of the future and leading the way are forward-thinking Gen-Y consumers.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 22, 2011
Banned Cincinnati broker lands job as township trustee

The story of Kevin O'Brien shows that a broker who gets kicked out of the securities business can find new life in the financial arena — and a very public arena at that.

Trailing Google, Apple said to be readying jazzed-up iPhone
FINTECH JUN 21, 2011
Trailing Google, Apple said to be readying jazzed-up iPhone

Latest model to be released in September, sources say; better camera, faster chip

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 21, 2011
Sarch: Are Merrill Lynch advisers nervous about Bank of America?

Three years after Bank of America rescued Merrill Lynch, BofA has hit a serious rough patch. Concerns about the bank's mortgage portfolio have welled up again. This week, those concerns drove the bank's stock price below $11. In 2006, it was at $55. The question: what do Merrill brokers make of all this?

FINTECH JUN 21, 2011
Behind the scenes in social media

As regulators take their own sweet time coming up with guidelines for social media, the marketplace is coming up with its own solutions for financial advisers

BROKER DEALERS JUN 19, 2011
Inflated postage charges to clients continues to dog IBD

Newbridge Securities to pay $850,000 as part of class action settlement

Most wealth management CEOs see clients unsatisfied: PwC
RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Most wealth management CEOs see clients unsatisfied: PwC

A majority of surveyed global wealth-management execs said their clients aren't satisfied these days. Indeed, one industry adviser says many clients 'expect a lot more and tolerate a lot less.'

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Special report: Growing your practice

After five years, financial advisory firms move from the startup stage to adolescence, where they are faced with decisions that could affect their business for the next 20 years.

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Referrals worth their weight in gold

The road to success for advisers may be paved with small gifts and “thank you” notes.

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Why hiring the right support staff matters

David Blain's practice was five years old when he realized it was time to turn it from a one-man band into a quartet.

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Outsourcing peripheral tasks lets advisers focus on growth, clients

When David Marotta started his advisory practice in 2000, he was tempted to get involved with the design of its website and the deployment of software and computer resources for the office.

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Evolving into a virtual practice can help cast a wider net for clients

Sheila Chesney can tie her practice's evolution directly to technological advancements that brought her from using her phone and e-mail as primary forms of communication to video calling.

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
How centers of influence can help build your book of business

In many ways, expanding an advisory business is like dating. Similar to the way people turn to friends to set them up, some financial advisers, such as Eliot Weissberg, have relied on local professionals to help recruit clients.

RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Advisers: How do you know when it's time for an upgrade?

Financial advisers, whether solo practitioners or members of a multiperson firm, need to think regularly about whether their technology is keeping pace with their business needs.

FINTECH JUN 19, 2011
Portfolio management, reporting spawning new players, products

For the past decade, many players in the portfolio management and reporting industry have believed in the notion that one size fits all

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 16, 2011
Breakaway broker happy to be off the Street

Doyle leaves wirehouse world to start indie RIA; 'every Wall Street firm 'has its problems'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 16, 2011
Advisers are wallflowers when it comes to client referrals, survey finds

Many uncomfortable about pushing for names of potential customers; 'negative reinforcement'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 16, 2011
Clients confused about standards – and don't really care: Report

A new survey of investors by J.D. Power & Associates reveals a tremendous confusion – and lack of concern – about advisers' fiduciary duty. But clients have definite opinions about advisory firms. So who's No.1?