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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 17, 2010
Merrill Lynch defeats bid by black financial advisers to sue as group

Merrill Lynch & Co., the Bank of America Corp. securities brokerage unit, won a U.S. judge's ruling denying a bid by 17 black financial advisers for group status in their five-year-old discrimination case.

Security snafu has advisers up in arms
FINTECH NOV 17, 2010
Security snafu has advisers up in arms

Advisers who were impacted when the Massachusetts Securities Division sent out their confidential info to an industry media outlet are now voicing their furor.

Data theft puts LPL clients at risk
FINTECH NOV 17, 2010
Data theft puts LPL clients at risk

LPL Financial yet again has fallen prey to a technology blunder that placed private client information at risk.

Things getting ugly between Buffett and the man who would be Buffett
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 16, 2010
Things getting ugly between Buffett and the man who would be Buffett

The war of words between Berkshire Hathaway and David Sokol is hotting up. This week, Berkshire Hathaway's audit committee said the company should consider suing Sokol -- once considered the likely successor to Warren Buffett -- for purportedly violating Berkshire's insider trading policy. Sokol's lawyer doesn't see it that way.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 16, 2010
Investment industry jobs make a comeback

Hiring in the asset management business rebounded in 2010 after two sluggish years, but active-domestic-equity managers are on the outs, according to a recent report by executive recruiting firm Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2010
Wall Street edging back to hiring mode

Signs are emerging that Wall Street is looking to staff up after a long, painful purge.

RIAS NOV 15, 2010
More advisers try hand at running mutual funds

But the road to riches is paved with lots of obstacles, experts say

Asset managers' pay: Smaller bonuses, bigger salaries — and more deferred comp
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 14, 2010
Asset managers' pay: Smaller bonuses, bigger salaries — and more deferred comp

Compensation packages rejiggered, but investment pros still pulling down more money; 'doing better than expected'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 14, 2010
Hampered by firms, most advisers rely on self-marketing

Financial advisers seeking to improve their relationships with clients following the recession find themselves battling their own firms, according to a new survey.

RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 14, 2010
Growth area for advisers: 'Accidental entrepreneurs'

Deep job losses from the Great Recession, combined with dried-up job markets, have created a class of “accidental entrepreneurs” — people who start businesses because they have few other options.

FINTECH NOV 14, 2010
How a small custodian competes

Trust Company of America is building a future-oriented interface

Schwab offers more details about Intelligent Integration, other tech projects
RIAS NOV 12, 2010
Schwab offers more details about Intelligent Integration, other tech projects

The Charles Schwab Corp. made several technology announcements this morning at its annual Impact conference in Boston.

Merrill Lynch added 198 advisers, saw production levels rise in 3Q
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 11, 2010
Merrill Lynch added 198 advisers, saw production levels rise in 3Q

While Bank of America Corp. reported a $7.3 billion loss for the third quarter, the behemoth banking institution's financial advisers saw some improvement in their business in that time.

Wealthiest people buy least-structured products
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 10, 2010
Wealthiest people buy least-structured products

The wealthiest investors in the U.S. put less of their holdings into structured products than the less affluent, according to a study commissioned by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Hiring remains slow even as economy picks up
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 09, 2010
Hiring remains slow even as economy picks up

Companies are still hesitating to ramp up hiring, even as more evidence emerges that the economy is slowly improving.

FINTECH NOV 09, 2010
JPMorgan ups the ante in clearing

Although it may be one of the less glamorous parts of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. empire, the bank's J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. subsidiary has done something exciting in the area of technology.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2010
Advisers spooked by fund's sudden nosedive

A glitch yesterday at NYSE Euronext's Arca stock market that caused State Street Global Advisors Inc.'s SPDR S&P 500 ETF Ticker:(SPY) to drop 9.6% has some advisers spooked.

FINTECH NOV 07, 2010
Morcom: Details from a demo

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 07, 2010
Why investors fear their advisers

The series of scandals following the financial meltdown clearly has left an impression on the investing public

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 03, 2010
MMI hooks up with influential group to promote diversity in advice biz

United Negro College Fund to help with summer internship program; minorities vastly underrepresented in financial services