NorthStar Systems International on Monday unveiled Turnkey Advisor Desktop Solution.
A jury will return Tuesday to further deliberate the fate of a Minnesota businessman accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $3.5 billion.
Many of your retired clients are discovering their accumulated savings are insufficient to meet their current expenses, which translates into a need for more income. In a survey by the Longevity Alliance Inc. of Washington, 42% of retirees said changes in their financial situation would cause them to think about going back to work and 29% said changes in health care coverage would be a key factor in that decision.
Small advisory firms and sole practitioners, especially those just starting out, often don't know where to turn for expertise in selecting technology and software.
The SEC may be examining fewer investment advisers than ever, but when it does pay a visit, even routine exams are more demanding, according to lawyers, consultants, advisers and the agency itself.
WealthTouch Inc. this week announced an addition to its Institutional Reporting Module which it is calling the Share of Wallet Report.
Fiserv, Inc. has released version 5.6 of its Investment Management Solution. The solution is a soup-to-nuts trading platform that supports everything from account screening and portfolio validation to order generation and trade execution.
J.P. Morgan Funds is rolling out an online version of its target date evaluation program for advisers. The firm also is discussing developing a similar tool to help advisers analyze target risk funds.
Microsoft Corp. today officially launched its Windows 7 operating system to the masses.
Advisers interested in the technology behind ultra-high-speed trading should take a look at a newly published white paper from exchange technology provider Cinnober.
In what could be a bit of a make-good to investors after missing some massive fraud cases in the last year, <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090913/REG/309139986&ht=SEC " target=”_blank”> —namely Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme — </a>, the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched its first-ever website devoted exclusively to helping educate investors.
Fears abound about the potential for change in the regulatory and compliance arena.
Over the past year, we have heard from advisers that the economy has not only hit clients hard; it has also affected their children who have recently graduated from college.
As a financial adviser, you likely can reflect back to late August 2008 and recall the angst that a falling stock market brought about every day.
Opening or moving a financial services practice provides advisers with an excellent marketing opportunity — if they are ready to make the most of it.
The mountain of paper advisers create when they sell an insurance policy or annuity contract is about to shrink.
ProTracker Software Inc. has released an update to its Advantage <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080415/REG/147477097/1102/INTechnologyNews03"" target="”_blank”" rel="noopener noreferrer">customer relationship management</a> application. It also introduced Version 5 of its Compliance Manual product.
Conseco Inc. said Friday that a subsidiary has reached a reinsurance agreement with Wilton Reassurance Co. covering about 237,000 life insurance policies.
At a recent workshop, advisers told me they are finding that a surprisingly high percentage of their clients are unemployed. Advisers found this out during client reviews, and they said the news surprised them — clients had never called to let them know about their new circumstances.
The downturn of the past year has had a profound effect on how financial advisers are managing client behavior and expectations.
