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ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2010
UBS hires Morgan Stanley Smith Barney alternatives specialist

Jerry Pascucci, the chief investment officer for alternative investments at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, is joining the U.S. wealth management unit of UBS AG to run alternatives for high-net-worth clients.

FINTECH SEP 12, 2010
Vanguard web service compares annuities

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 12, 2010
Looking at financial pros through mud-colored glasses

Having been burned by the market more than once, investors now seem to be twice as shy about handing over their hard-earned money to a new financial adviser.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 12, 2010
Secrets of the top performing advisory firms: How to use benchmarking

What separates the top firms from their peers? Find out in this exclusive Q&A series with Pershing's Mark Tibergien and InvestmentNews' Kelli Cruz, who dive into the findings from this year's financial performance study.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2010
Building excellence in a difficult year

Even though the stock market staged a recovery through most of 2009, the investment advisory industry struggled.

RIAS SEP 08, 2010
Blog: Cold-calling reps still tarnishing industry's rep

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

FINTECH SEP 08, 2010
Here's a first: Tech IPOs lagging large-cap performance

Days of Nasdaq offerings trouncing S&P 500 at an end; 'looking for the next Google' -- and not finding it

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2010
No profit in talking politics with clients

For many advisers, politics ranks right up there with sex and religion as a topic to avoid when talking with clients.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2010
Steps to increase the curb appeal of advisory firms

Just like some home sellers who resort to a fresh coat of paint to enhance their home's “curb appeal,” financial advisers can take steps to help their practices sell faster and for a higher price.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 07, 2010
Smith Barney vets start up own firm — but face legal tangle with MSSB

A $500 million-plus team in Eugene, Ore., has left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC to set up as an independent advisory firm — but not without a legal challenge by MSSB.

FINTECH SEP 07, 2010
NPH's WealthOne is central to B-Ds' recruitment strategy

With the launch of WealthOne, National Planning Holdings Inc.'s network of four broker-dealers has a major new set of tools at its disposal.

FINTECH SEP 05, 2010
Social networking is here to stay

This year, while I was organizing a mission trip to Mississippi for teens and adults, I sent out weekly e-mails with up-dates on our travel plans.

FINTECH SEP 03, 2010
A solution for those tired of inputting client information

If Don Whalen had to make an elevator speech about his product, he would probably describe PreciseFP as an online universal client data entry form.

FINTECH SEP 03, 2010
The most-sought-after ner-- uh, technologists on Wall Street

RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2010
U.S. Trust lures three advisers from Barclays Wealth

The firm named both Ray Schuville and George Jenckes private client advisers and Josh Glazer private client manager.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 01, 2010
Study: Drop-ins not welcome

When it comes to dealing with wholesalers, financial advisers prefer phone or online conversations over face-to-face meetings.

RIAS AUG 31, 2010
$3.2M Smith Barney team bolts Morgan Stanley for J.P. Morgan

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has lost a $3 million producing team of veteran Smith Barney brokers to rival J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 31, 2010
Wells Fargo loses another A.G. Edwards raiding case to Stifel

The suit is one of several arising between Edwards and its successor firms and Stifel as a number of Edwards brokers deserted ship in the wake of the 2007 takeover of Edwards by Wachovia Securities LLC.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 30, 2010
Cetera hires Schwab exec as new national sales head

Mark Palmer, a Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. executive, today was named national sales manager at Cetera Financial Group, the broker-dealer network owned by private-equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC.

FINTECH AUG 27, 2010
IN's Pavia: When the information flow becomes a flood

This may sound strange coming from someone in the information business, but I am worried that we are overdosing on information.