What do you get when you combine an electronic-circuit designer turned accountant with an equity analyst turned fund manager, both of whom like to dabble in programming?
As identity theft continues to wreak havoc on the American public, including those in the financial services industry, firms are rushing to patch up holes in their online defenses with the newest software and processes.
Deepen client relationships and outside resources through a client advisory board.
The software vendor eMoney Advisor Inc. added five new modules to the latest version of eMoney 360, its suite of online financial planning tools.
The Motley Fool and Mint.com have announced a partnership in which they will link to each other’s websites.
While most financial advisers rely on financial planning software to steer clients through retirement, many are realizing that charting a retirement path is as much art as science.
It's now time to share your communications plan with your team and top clients.
Financial advisory firms that are mulling the idea of revamping their company websites can learn some useful lessons from others.
Financial advisers and clients can be their own worst enemies when drafting plans for retirement income, making common — but crucial — errors that can ruin distribution plans, according to an influential academic.
A new search service is available for comparative and cross-archive regulatory research.
Portfolio Director Inc. has announced completion of version 8.1 of its eponymous investment management software product.
After months of insisting that no further delays for smaller public companies would be forthcoming, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said in December that he would recommend still another delay in implementing Section 404(b) for companies with market caps under $75 million ("non-accelerated filers") until fiscal years ending on or after Dec. 15, 2009.
Succession planning always creates complications.
Despite the challenges faced by today's physicians — the soaring cost of malpractice insurance and declining insurance reimbursements are just two — doctors remain one of financial advisers' most sought-after niches
The acronym RIA refers, of course, to registered investment advisers.
Advisers are generally satisfied with the dozen-plus retirement-planning software applications and calculators available to them.
RBC Dain Rauscher last week rolled out a new name and a new technology platform.
The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion.
Competition is heating up in the normally sedate world of portfolio-re-balancing software.
