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FINTECH OCT 28, 2010
Advice for users of CRM

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 28, 2010
Cold calling brokers are still hurting the entire industry's reputation

Cold calling, as a method for bringing in new accounts, appears to be live and well.

FINTECH OCT 28, 2010
Custodians rev up their platforms

FINTECH OCT 26, 2010
Envestnet shares close higher after IPO prices low

Envestnet Inc., a Chicago company that provides Web-based services for financial advisers, expects to raise more than $31 million in net proceeds this week in an initial public offering.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 26, 2010
Indie B-D recruitment slowing after torrid '09

FINTECH OCT 25, 2010
Asset managers hiring tech execs to streamline processes

Companies look for chief technology officers with experience in outsourcing, shared services

FINTECH OCT 25, 2010
Online app lets you screen stocks for reaction to economic factors

Here's a common refrain I've heard from advisers over the past two years: “It is a shame I couldn't better account for the economy in adjusting my clients' portfolios”

Ivy League football 'mafia' gives Wall Street a talent pipeline
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 25, 2010
Ivy League football 'mafia' gives Wall Street a talent pipeline

University of Pennsylvania defensive back Josh Powers may have a better opportunity than playing for college football's national championship: a six- figure Wall Street salary upon graduation.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Wilmington Trust nabs new head of credit-risk unit

Robert P. Gehring, a 39-year veteran of the commercial banking industry, has taken over as head of the credit risk unit at Wilmington Trust Corp.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 24, 2010
Advisers still working overtime

It's been at least two years since the financial system went into a tailspin, but financial adviser Mark Donohue of RBC Wealth Management is still working six days a week, often out on the road visiting clients to make sure they know he doesn't take them for granted

RIAS OCT 24, 2010
Revenue rebounds

Revenue increased for a healthy majority of financial advisers over the past 12 months, according to <i>InvestmentNews</i>' 2010 Industry Attitudes survey &#8212; a clear bounce-back from 2009, when calamitous market conditions struck panic among investors and advisers alike

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2010
Industry attitudes: Your voices and views

More than 800 financial advisers weighed in on their practices, the economy and regulation in our annual special report.

RIAS OCT 24, 2010
Where will the next generation of advisers come from?

We've all read (or written) the stories about the average financial adviser, in his or her late 50s, who just can't seem to find the right succession plan.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 22, 2010
How advisers scored the big six brokerages

Adviser satisfaction ratings, based on the 2010 J.D. Powers survey

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 22, 2010
Wirehouse recruiting remains sluggish

Sluggish recruiting and the continued slow migration of advisers to smaller firms has left the three biggest wirehouses either adding minimally to the work force or watching the head count drop

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2010
Finra fines Goldman for failing to disclose broker probe

Industry regulators have fined Goldman Sachs $650,000 for failing to disclose that two of its brokers, including the executive accused of leading the mortgage securities deal that brought civil fraud charges against the firm, were under investigation by the government.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2010
Best 30 business books this year

What to read, from 'Adam Smith' to 'The Zeroes

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2010
How a handful of advisory firms out-perform all the rest

Advisory firm owners now have little margin for error when looking to improve profits and productivity. So, in the 2010 InvestmentNews/Moss Adams Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms, we focused on what makes certain firms consistently out-perform across multiple business metrics.

FINTECH OCT 20, 2010
BlueSky ahead for the iPad

Black Diamond Performance Reporting today is expected to announce the availability of a new application specifically designed for the Apple Inc.'s iPad.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2010
LPL looks for gold in DC market

Through its recently announced purchase of National Retirement Partners Inc., LPL Investment Holdings Inc. is set to enter the demanding and competitive market for smaller to midsize retirement plans.