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Best gift of all? Tax bill hikes gifting exemption
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 09, 2011
Best gift of all? Tax bill hikes gifting exemption

Measure dramatically raises amount families can dole out tax-free; 'take it while you can'

FINTECH MAR 06, 2011
Measuring a client's financial health

With an eye toward addressing the industrywide challenges of effective client profiling, Omyen Corp. has developed the Personal Financial Index

Krawcheck to Merrill brokers: No 'garden leave' for you
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 04, 2011
Krawcheck to Merrill brokers: No 'garden leave' for you

Sallie Krawcheck, head of Bank of America Corp.'s wealth management division, sternly told Merrill Lynch financial advisers that a new “garden leave” policy doesn't apply to them, despite recent speculation

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 04, 2011
Going viral? 'A day in the life of a financial adviser'

With more than 22,000 views since November 2010, this spoof has obviously struck a chord with financial advisers. Any of this sound familiar?

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 04, 2011
Billions in client assets on the move

Hundreds of financial advisers switched firms this year, many looking for opportunities to build equity in themselves and some exiting after mergers. Many were also lured by big bucks, according to recruiters and industry experts.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 03, 2011
Teaching doctors to ID vulnerable seniors

Physicians are foot soldiers in states' battle to protect elderly from fraud

Advisers warm up to Twitter, give cold shoulder to cold calling
FINTECH MAR 01, 2011
Advisers warm up to Twitter, give cold shoulder to cold calling

Increasingly, social media the choice for reaching out to prospects

Morgan Stanley blocks ex-employee's website
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 01, 2011
Morgan Stanley blocks ex-employee's website

Workers not allowed to access Dinevore, says creator of the online food guide

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 01, 2011
Tax change for S corps, LLPs 'would create havoc'

Treasury boss Timothy Geithner say the department is considering overhauling the current tax set-up. On the radar: reclassifying the status of pass-through businesses — including LLPs and S corps. Yikes.

SEC said to 'sweep' advisory firms for social-media info
FINTECH MAR 01, 2011
SEC said to 'sweep' advisory firms for social-media info

The Securities and Exchange Commission is said to have begun a sweep of registered investment advisers' use of social media and social networking, according to officials at an industry compliance firm.

FINTECH FEB 28, 2011
Use of social media in focus

The SEC and Finra are taking a closer look at how financial advisers use social networking

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 28, 2011
Ex-Ameriprise manager: I got fired for flagging violations

Loscalso claims he was axed for warning firm about lax oversight of brokers; 'fraud, forgery'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 27, 2011
How to create a work flow system

The mere mention of advisory practice work flow — or even thinking about how the work gets done (or doesn't) in an advisory business — is enough to cause many advisers' eyes to glaze over

Most conservative investors? The young and the affluent
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2011
Most conservative investors? The young and the affluent

With two of the most severe bear markets of this century fresh in their short-term memories, affluent investors — particularly the youngest investors — appear to be quite skittish about investing in anything but the safest of asset classes.

RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 20, 2011
Tax credit could help some firms

A new health insurance tax credit could hit some small financial advisory firms in their sweet spot — but only if they fit a specific profile

FINTECH FEB 20, 2011
Tackling readers' problems with CRM programs

FINTECH FEB 18, 2011
A Schwab exec's big revelation at T3

There has not been a lot of news coming out of this year's Technology Tools for Today conference (it is being held in Weston, Florida this year).

<font color=red>INTV:</font> One B-D's secret for recruiting top-producing advisers
BROKER DEALERS FEB 18, 2011
<font color=red>INTV:</font> One B-D's secret for recruiting top-producing advisers

Among the largest independent broker-dealers, Commonwealth Financial Network has the highest concentration of financial advisers who produce more than $500,000 annually, according to InvestmentNews <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/section/broker-dealer-data>data. And it's reached the top by getting people out the door: Namely, its advisers.

FINTECH FEB 17, 2011
TechCheck: Fund managers get help for taxing situation

Why Edward Jones could add 2,400 new reps this year
BROKER DEALERS FEB 17, 2011
Why Edward Jones could add 2,400 new reps this year

Brokerage firm Edward Jones this week announced that it plans to add up to 20 branch offices to the more than 60 it has in the state of Utah.