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.
BrightScope Inc.'s new free website, which allows investors to look up financial advisers, already has sparked controversy
Clients in less-populated areas will be left to get their advise from talking heads
One day in September, “Ralph” was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recently recruited two teams of financial advisers from UBS AG and Bank of America Merrill Lynch that had a combined trailing 12-month production of just under $10 million between them.
Some advisers warned their clients about chasing commodities. But even with Thursday's meltdown -- and the mercurial nature of precious metal prices -- some are telling their clients to stay the course.
Hosted software specialist to add social networking capabilities to its offerings; Chatter up
When seemingly every broker-dealer wants to increase its reps — at a time when the total population of financial advisers is in the process of shrinking — is it possible for anyone to actually win the so-called recruiting wars?
Top-performing adivsory firms tend to employ fewer staff members, keep a lid on salaries and are more productive — largely as a result of wringing every bit of efficiency out of their technology, according to <i>InvestmentNews'</i> RIA Technology Study, to be published later this month
