The post-Covid economy serves up an array of new opportunities for women advisers to win and keep clients, according to speakers at the Women Adviser Summit in Denver.
The five-adviser, $335 million unit rebrands as VACU Investment Group.
Stephen Kolano will head investments for the firm’s integrated family office.
Iqbal Khan, who had served as co-president of Global Wealth Management with Naratil, was promoted to president. Naureen Hassan will succeed Naratil as president of UBS Americas.
The latest update to Schwab Advisor Services' digital onboarding technology lets independent financial advisers open and fund up to 10 new client accounts in a single workflow.
Large investment firms make big diversity promises but overall fail to convert those promises to structured spending with women- and minority-owned firms.
The popular Fidelity exec has been in charge of the firm's registered investment adviser business since 2017, and has worked for Fidelity since 2009.
But opponents, including SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, want the agency to scrap the whole project.
The attorney, John W. Pauciolo, provided the legal approval for years of commercials advertising the unregistered Par Funding investments.
Morgan Stanley revealed its fully armed and operational adviser fintech ecosystem at a recent media event in New York City.
The move would potentially position Iqbal Khan as the eventual successor to CEO Ralph Hamers.
Adviser fintech promised to make firms more efficient and build deeper client relationships. Those claims may soon be tested.
The adviser world returned from the July 4 holiday ready to spend some money on technology.
Longer lifespans increase the chance that your clients will outlive their money or have to drastically downgrade their lifestyle.
The acquisition brings more than 700 RIAs using Redi2's billing and invoicing software, BillFin, into the Envestnet ecosystem.
The AUM fee model works well in rising markets, but when markets begin to decline, the model means revenues are falling as the needs of clients increase.
Research from Ameriprise also shows that at least a quarter of financial advisers have no succession plan, and 14% expect to leave the business to a buyer.
Leading with empathy builds the trust that managers need for sustained productivity
Ongoing discontent, worsened by the pandemic and tech shortfalls, has resulted in 15% of wirehouse advisers and 7% of independent advisers being 'at risk' of exiting their firms in the next two years.
Another asset management firm is buying its way into the increasingly crowded market for direct indexing.
