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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 19, 2011
Lending to small businesses back to normal: Survey

It's taken over three years, but loan approvals for small businesses are back to pre-crisis levels.

iPad, iPhone have brokerages going 'app crazy'
FINTECH APR 18, 2011
iPad, iPhone have brokerages going 'app crazy'

As consumers manage more of their lives via smartphones and iPads, financial service companies are trying to ensure they don't get lost in the electronic shuffle.

FINTECH APR 18, 2011
Putnam adds wealth of tax info to wealth management website

No hard sell on site, and the price is right

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 17, 2011
Niches take flight

Advisers who specialize in servicing a single industry group say their narrow focus -- and greater credibility among prospects -- helps them build a more lucrative practice faster

RIAS APR 17, 2011
Tips from top RIAs: Jon Yankee

In this one-on-one with Kelli Cruz, the director of custom research at InvestmentNews, Jon Yankee, partner and CFO at Fox, Joss & Yankee, shares his thoughts on staffing and recruiting.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 17, 2011
Only one in three advisory firms has exit plan: Study

Advisory firms continue to face daunting transition issues, according to speakers today at the 2010 InvestmentNews/Moss Adams Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms Workshop in San Francisco.

RIAS APR 15, 2011
Dynasty snags a Schwab big to head RIA business

Dynasty Financial Partners LLC has hired Loren Morris as director of RIA services.

Why the iPad will change the advice business
FINTECH APR 15, 2011
Why the iPad will change the advice business

Brokers, planners, investment managers — everybody's crazy about Apple's ubiquitous portable reader

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 14, 2011
Insurer to tap athletes to fill its agent bench

Hoping to strengthen its agent force, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has paired with Career Athletes LLC to recruit students as interns and agents

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2011
A free, rudimentary estate tax calculator for advisers

While the 2010 Tax Act for now locks in the current marginal tax rates for all income levels, advisers thinking about the future need tools at their disposal now to help sort out a client's future options, especially when it comes to the estate tax.

Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 12, 2011
Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry

Commission said to be addressing substantial risks in the market that have gone unchecked; 'there's going to be a lot of trouble ahead'

FINTECH APR 11, 2011
TechCheck: Archiving for QuickBooks gets quicker

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Home prices in big cities hit lowest level in five years

The latest data shows property values in 20 metropolitan areas dropped another 3.6% in March. And there's more where that came from: one expert says the foreclosure pipeline is 'full to bursting.'

ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2011
The real estate expert is in the house

Recognizing the critical role of real estate in clients' financial lives, advisers are finding different ways to incorporate real estate expertise into their practices.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
For advisers, being creative is essential, not an option

Every financial adviser needs to be creative

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Cracking whip on Reg D sales

The fines imposed last week by Finra on broker-dealers and executives involved in the sale of failed private placements are likely the first of many to emerge from regulators' crackdown on the sale of the securities

FINTECH APR 10, 2011
Tools to help with ADV Part 2 forms

Registered investment advisers still looking to submit the new ADV Part 2 forms can take solace in the fact that there are some free and low-cost options out there to help complete that arduous task

Note to self: Think before you press 'send'
FINTECH APR 07, 2011
Note to self: Think before you press 'send'

Increasingly, e-mail blunders are coming back to bite financial advisers and the firms they work for

Now for your iPad: Contracts on tap
FINTECH APR 07, 2011
Now for your iPad: Contracts on tap

Advisers take dim view of BrightScope's controversial website
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2011
Advisers take dim view of BrightScope's controversial website

BrightScope's new website, which offers investors information about advisers, has the investment community up in arms. Some advisers claim their information is inaccurate or outdated -- but they don't want to pay to have it corrected. Said one: 'I feel like I am being held hostage.'