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MSSB shifts Furber to internal referrals group
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2011
MSSB shifts Furber to internal referrals group

Morgan Stanley has moved Sara Furber to lead a group that refers clients to its investment banking, retail brokerage and asset management divisions.

RIAS JUN 08, 2011
ADV-2: How much can you learn about your competitors now?

In addition to satisfying regulators, the wealth of information contained in revised ADV forms may be a gold mine of competitive intelligence

FINTECH JUN 08, 2011
Rivals watch, wait as MSSB starts tweeting

Although its wirehouse rivals are keeping their electronic drawbridges closed to social media, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC last week became the first major Wall Street firm to allow its financial advisers to use popular networking websites

The world according to GARP: Buy tech, beware energy
FINTECH JUN 06, 2011
The world according to GARP: Buy tech, beware energy

Growth-at-a-reasonable-price investment strategy up 14.5% for Brian Lazorishak so far this year

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 05, 2011
Lose sales pitch in first client meeting

Winning new business is a delicate dance of positioning yourself, engaging your audience and earning a significant amount of trust in a very short period of time

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 05, 2011
Pay-to-play 'death penalty' scaring the life out of advisers

New regulations aimed at ending the cozy relationship between government and those who advise the government on investment matters sound good on first blush. But as firms have discovered, the devil's in the details.

OPINION JUN 02, 2011
What advisers can do in social media

The first question advisers often ask me is, “What exactly can I do with social media?” While the compliance constraints everyone talks about are real, there are a number of strategies you can implement that will have a tremendous effect on your bottom line

'Death penalty' amps up advisers' fear of mixing politics with business
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 31, 2011
'Death penalty' amps up advisers' fear of mixing politics with business

Pay-to-play rule one more reason to steer clear of the topic; but what about right to free speech?

FINTECH MAY 29, 2011
Envestnet to acquire U.S.-based business of FundQuest

Turnkey technology and wealth management provider Envestnet Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based portion of FundQuest Inc. from BNP Paribas Investment Partners for $24.4 million in cash for all outstanding shares of the firm.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 29, 2011
Advisory firms want to hire but are frustrated with candidates

Financial advisers expect to ramp up hiring this year, but job hunters who want to get ahead of the pack are advised to look at the hiring process from the employer's point of view

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 25, 2011
Credit Suisse snags ex-Merrill distribution exec

Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC has nabbed a key executive to oversee its distribution in the wealthy and third-party retail channels.

Vanguard, Fidelity top list of social-media-savvy fund managers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 25, 2011
Vanguard, Fidelity top list of social-media-savvy fund managers

The Vanguard Group Inc. and Fidelity Investments top a list of firms in the asset management industry ranked by how well they use social media.

FINTECH MAY 25, 2011
Webcast transcript: Key findings of the InvestmentNews RIA technology study

The following is an edited transcript of the webcast &#8220;Key Findings of the <i>InvestmentNews</i> RIA Technology Study,&#8221; which was held May 5

RIAS MAY 25, 2011
Much-anticipated site for investors good news/bad news for advisers

BrightScope Inc. has launched a free online service that will allow investors to look up financial advisers

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 25, 2011
For those who dare, social media rocks

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.

Firm helps advisers with social media
FINTECH MAY 23, 2011
Firm helps advisers with social media

Given the welter of compliance issues that they face, financial advisers remain understandably cautious about using social media.

FINTECH MAY 22, 2011
Black Diamond seen unlikely to go the way of TechFi

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

FINTECH MAY 22, 2011
End of an error? Software calculates fund fees

FINTECH MAY 22, 2011
Make sure all your data are safe

FINTECH MAY 22, 2011
Social-media archiving, compliance solutions in focus

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