The following is an edited transcript of the webcast “Key Findings of the <i>InvestmentNews</i> RIA Technology Study,” which was held May 5
BrightScope Inc. has launched a free online service that will allow investors to look up financial advisers
Active users -- undeterred by regulatory hurdles -- say they are attracting clients using social media. Moral of the story: don't procede at your own risk.
Given the welter of compliance issues that they face, financial advisers remain understandably cautious about using social media.
Advent Software Inc.'s announced $73 million deal for Black Diamond Performance Reporting LLC is the biggest news in portfolio management and performance reporting in years
Financial advisers and broker-dealers apparently aren't sitting on the sidelines waiting for Finra and the SEC to figure out how the financial advisory industry should use social networking
History is unimportant in assessing clients' future investments, says UMass professor Thomas Schneeweis. What is important? Sussing out risk.
Offerings such as Flat Fee Portfolios aim to help advisory firms by taking over cumbersome smaller accounts that don't generate large charges. So why aren't said firms jumping at the offer?
Growing frustration over prospective hires' professionalism, honesty — and comp demands; 'deficient passion for the industry'
You know the facts: 10,000 baby boomers are retiring each day, a significant number of pre-retirees change financial advisers within five years of retirement, and 401(k) rollovers don't necessarily wind up under the management of long-term advisers
Do you suffer from compliance anxiety? No need to fear: Actiance Socialite is her
The toughest breakups are the ones where both parties involved still care about each other, but circumstances force them apart
Digital imaging of clients in their golden years brings retirement needs into sharper focus, a researcher finds
A new survey reveals that four out of ten affluent investors prefer to manage their own money. Nevertheless, the web is still not seen as a threat to advisers. Why?
Recruiters say laid off trainees and low producers won't have trouble lining up work
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. is opening up an office in Salt Lake City to offer financial advice with the help of Dean Cottle, a veteran wirehouse complex manager from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
