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FINTECH NOV 15, 2009
Another black eye for BlackBerry? Updates pegged as likely cause of latest e-mail outages

Research In Motion Ltd., makers of BlackBerry smart phones, is encouraging users to upgrade to a new version of its BlackBerry Messenger application.

FINTECH NOV 15, 2009
Business continuity zapped by subpar remote access; carbon trading in the U.S. a lot of hot air?

Cisco survey finds nation's businesses probably unprepared for working remotely in times of disaster

FINTECH NOV 15, 2009
Hamilton Software offers early retirement planner

Hamilton Software Inc. has released Nest Egg Early Retirement Pro, a standalone downloadable program designed to assist users — knowledgeable individual investors and advisers alike — in planning specifically for the goal of early retirement.

Nicolas Cage slapped with suit from former money manager
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2009
Nicolas Cage slapped with suit from former money manager

Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor's financial problems.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2009
LPL continues to make gains in recruiting

LPL Investment Holdings Inc. continues to recruit heavily this year.

FINTECH NOV 13, 2009
Wolters Kluwer rolls out compliance network

Advisers, independent broker-dealers, and others that need to keep up with compliance and regulatory changes daily — or that need to research cross-industry or multinational issues — can enlist a new online tool from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.

FINTECH NOV 12, 2009
E-mail archiving and backup: Symantec updates versions of its Vault and Backup products

Despite the tougher outlook for regulatory audits in the coming months, many advisory firms that host their own e-mail systems still lack an e-mail archiving and backup system (44% of advisers who responded to an <i>InvestmentNews</i> technology survey last year said they had no such system).

FINTECH NOV 12, 2009
DTCC changes reporting system to help with cost-basis-reporting requirement

With new modifications to the systems at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., reporting of cost basis information appears as if it could become less of an issue with advisers &#8212; assuaging some concerns from advisers that new requirements could make reporting more costly and cumbersome.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 11, 2009
Advisers should use ethics to 'hedge risk and make money'

Financial advisers need to craft and embrace a set of ethical standards for their firms as a way to build a franchise and reduce risk, according to Laura Hartman, professor of business ethics in DePaul University's College of Commerce.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2009
HighTower nabs a UBS broker team

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 10, 2009
SEC funding shift in Senate's draft financial fix

Measures that would significantly boost funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as give shareholders a say on executive pay are included in draft financial overhaul legislation in the Senate, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 09, 2009
Compliance searches up 20% this year, says headhunter

While most investment management companies are reluctant to start firmwide hiring, many are looking to bulk up their compliance departments, according to executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2009
Ameriprise, hot off a hiring frenzy, rebuilds recruiting staff

After recruiting some 500 representatives so far this year, Ameriprise Financial Inc. is gutting and rebuilding its recruiting staff as part of an effort to bring in more independent reps.

FINTECH NOV 08, 2009
New version of planning software from Cheshire jumps into market

Cheshire Software Inc. has released an updated version of its Cheshire Wealth Manager planning program, which helps advisers develop both lifetime plans and simpler, goal-based plans for clients.

FINTECH NOV 08, 2009
Advisers clock more hours online since downturn

The first thing adviser Karin Lopez-Gerber does upon arriving at her office is examine her client downloads from the night before.

FINTECH NOV 06, 2009
Focus Financial secures new capital, readies for fresh acquisitions

Focus Financial Partners LLC, which calls itself the largest partnership of wealth management firms in the world, is securing a new capital infusion to help it service outstanding bank debt and continue its business of acquiring stakes in large registered-investment-advisory firms.

FINTECH NOV 06, 2009
Self-service account aggregation from CashEdge; Financial application for the Droid

CashEdge Inc. is now making its AllData Advisor account aggregation service available to financial advisers via a self-service online subscription.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 06, 2009
Shared-trust fund offers easy way to roll up smaller accounts

Most financial advisers can relate to the challenges of handling smaller accounts that are inherited from the relatives of existing clients, or are in the form of small &#8220;orphaned&#8221; retirement accounts.

FINTECH NOV 04, 2009
New version of Cheshire financial planning software hits market

Cheshire Software Inc. has released an updated version of its Cheshire Wealth Manager planning program, which helps advisers develop both lifetime plans and simpler, goal-based plans for clients.

FINTECH NOV 03, 2009
MoneyGuidePro Version 2.2 now available

A significant update to the popular financial planning program MoneyGuidePro was rolled out over the weekend.