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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2010
Make client appreciation a family affair

Summer is just around the corner — a time when many financial advisers hold client appreciation events.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2010
Adjusting to the financial home front

Three years after returning from the war in Iraq, Clarence Parker is facing a new battle: managing his finances.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2010
My biggest mistake: Pushing a prospect too hard

A few years ago, adviser Jeff Bland was approached by an executive from Houston-based oil company Cameron International Corp. who was searching for an adviser to manage his more than $6 million in assets.

FINTECH MAY 12, 2010
How advisers are using video to connect with clients

Financial advisers at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit discuss their strategies for using video on their firms' websites

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Go beyond the call of duty - just not for everyone

Although some financial advisers are always thinking of ways to go above and beyond to provide extra services to clients, Paul Baumbach sticks to managing his clients' investments.

FINTECH MAY 10, 2010
No tech or system failures associated with yesterday's decline: Nasdaq

Guess how many advisers are talking to clients now
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 07, 2010
Guess how many advisers are talking to clients now

Thursday's stock market whipsaw sent many financial advisers into client management mode — fielding calls and sending out e-mails as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly tested a record 1,000-point drop.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 06, 2010
Big shake-up at big brokerage branches in New York

Wells Fargo Advisors, UBS, MSSB and Merrill Lynch made personnel changes this week

FINTECH MAY 06, 2010
Stylus Web, plan-level reporting tool, is available for financial advisers

RIAS MAY 06, 2010
OpINion online: Sow or reap? That's the question for advisers

My friends at <a href=www.businesshealth.com>Business Health</a>, an international consulting firm that specializes in financial advisory businesses, recently came out with a report comparing the financial &#8220;health&#8221; of Australian advisory practices today with their condition in 2007.

RIAS MAY 06, 2010
At boot camp, advisers learn social-media tools

Why 20 advisers shelled out $300 apiece in hopes of finding ways to use social-media in their respective businesses.

Eight of Finra's top 10 execs pulled down $1M-plus last year
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2010
Eight of Finra's top 10 execs pulled down $1M-plus last year

Meanwhile, regulatory fees were up by 10.5% in 2010; overall, regulator posted $55M net profit

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2010
Mortified? Ex-wife of Guggenheim Partners exec headlines reality show

Guggenheim Partner's Topper Mortimer's ex-wife -- the high priestess of NYC's high society -- gets her own show just months after getting a divorce from the money manager.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2010
AIG's broker-dealer network loses another star rep

Latest to leave embattled firm since the federal government's bailout of American International Group Inc., the broker-dealer network's parent company

FINTECH APR 28, 2010
LPL Financial rolling out new portfolio re-balancing technology

LPL advisers can now sign up for training to use a re-balancing tool that was introduced last week as part of a new initiative for adviser-facing technology.

FINTECH APR 25, 2010
PriceMetrix launches free equity commission guide

PriceMetrix Inc. is introducing a market-based commission guide today that financial advisers can use to determine what to charge for commissions on securities trades.

FINTECH APR 25, 2010
Making your systems more hacker-resistant

The SEC's Regulation S-P puts many advisers in a bind.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 25, 2010
Using education as a way to stand out

As this is Financial Literacy Month, now is a great time to consider providing clients with financial education as a way to differentiate your practice.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 23, 2010
Pitching clients on the golf course? Ten tips for financial advisers

It's easy to get stymied out on the links &#8211; particularly if you fail to observe the unwritten rules for schmoozing during a round.

RIAS APR 23, 2010
Do Firms Sue When They Are Afraid to Compete?

How can an Advisor or a Firm &quot;own&quot; someone else's money?