For advisers trying to convince themselves (read that as rationalize) that they can buy the new iPad to replace their laptop — don't bother, you can't.
Kelli Cruz, the director of Business Consulting Services at Schwab Advisors Services, will join Crain Communications — the parent company of InvestmentNews — as the director of a newly created custom research division at the organization.
I don't understand the flap about service fees, and think that Blaine F. Aiken was wrong about many of his assumptions and representations (the Fiduciary Corner column “Let's say goodbye to 12(b)-1 fees,” which appeared in the Jan. 18 issue).
A federal judge has refused to grant a mistrial despite signs that a Miami jury is struggling to reach a verdict in the Stanford document shredding case.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission says Merrill Lynch is paying nearly $1.37 million to settle allegations that investors were misled about the safety of the auction-rate securities market.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. today fined Scottrade Inc. $600,000 for failing to have adequate anti-money laundering procedures in place to detect and report suspicious transactions.
A sizeable number of financial advisers say they're way out of sync with today's affluent investor. Here's how to get back in touch
Ms. Boesky will work on developing business with institutional investors and strengthening the bank's relationships with clients
When he was a teenager, Nathan Stibbs used to catch passes thrown by Peyton Manning during high school games. This week, he was thrilled to receive something else from the Indianapolis Colts star quarterback. Mr. Manning snagged a ticket to Super Bowl XLIV for his friend and former teammate.
In yet another example of the ever-expanding power of social media, a startup investment platform is hoping to invade the mutual fund industry's turf by hooking up investors directly with money managers via such social-networking websites as Facebook and Yahoo.
We have been counseling individuals and families for more than 25 years, and it has always been interesting to see how people narrowly apply the common wisdom that a person's age is the rule of asset allocation between stocks and bonds.
Investor concern over the cost of health care reform is likely to manifest itself in a flood of questions to financial advisers about how best to protect assets from an expected hike in taxes.
The S&P 500 has gained 48% over the past year, but memories of the market crash are still fresh, forcing many financial advisers to move risk assessment off the back burner and to the center of their playbooks.
A few months back, I wrote an article for a financial trade publication on search engine optimization.
The 2010 Moss Adams/InvestmentNews financial performance study of advisory firms officially launched today.
FundQuest is partnering with Envestnet Asset Management Inc. to offer advisory firms additional IT resources.
The Obama administration's pay czar is limiting the cash compensation for executives at companies that received the largest taxpayer bailouts to $500,000.
Here's some additional information that was provided by Fabeetle.com founder Brandon Gadoci during the reporting of this week's <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100321/FREE/303219969" target=”_blank”>Tech Update</a> that we could not get into the story.
Less than 4% of all independent advisers have ever had their businesses professionally valued, and less than 10% have any formal, written succession plans in place.
Many financial advisers begin using LinkedIn without knowing how it will help their practice.
