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YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 26, 2012
Top 10 intermediary web sites

For the 13th year in a row research firm kasina LLC has come out with a study and list of the Top 10 intermediary web sites for financial advisers.

By Davis Janowski
Mind your social-media compliance programs: SEC
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 18, 2012
Mind your social-media compliance programs: SEC

Finra has warned investment advisers to examine the effectiveness of their social-media compliance programs based on findings from recent SEC adviser examinations.

By Dan Jamieson
Tweet away: Finra backs off social-media posting regs
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 18, 2012
Tweet away: Finra backs off social-media posting regs

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has backed away from a proposal that would have required broker-dealers to file social-media postings with the regulator.

By Dan Jamieson
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2012
ROI for RIAs

Technology is not just another expense item detracting from take-home pay and profit distributions. For top-performing Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), it's viewed as a long-term investment that generates growth and higher profitability.

By Mark Bruno
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 09, 2012
Socialware to receive additional funding from CrunchFund, other investors

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 08, 2012
Teaching financial skills to clients' kids

Welcome to the New Year. The annual surge in gift giving and receiving — and returning — is behind us, which means that many of the children and grandchildren of your clients are sitting with more money than they had a month ago.

By MFXFeeder
TD to work on work flows for third-party technology partners
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JAN 06, 2012
TD to work on work flows for third-party technology partners

Deal with Actifi should help custodial unit speed up adviser work processes and improve efficiency

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 05, 2012
Advent Software will get new CEO in June

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 01, 2012
LPL to unveil technology push

LPL Financial LLC will soon take the wraps off a major technology initiative intended to appease its 12,799 reps and advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisers embrace media, old and new
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 30, 2011
Advisers embrace media, old and new

From apps to amplitude, embracing old and new media can pay off for advisers

By Lavonne Kuykendall
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 22, 2011
A solution for firms using Salesforce

By MFXFeeder
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 22, 2011
Raymond James makes its social-media move

Raymond James Financial Inc. has become the latest financial services firm to help minimize the compliance barrier to wider use of social media

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 22, 2011
Schwab tries to wow advisers with its technology progress

Schwab Advisor Services last week showed off the first of its completed integrations with Salesforce.com and announced a new partnership

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 22, 2011
The tech vendors advisers use — and what they really think of them

I was thrilled to see another iteration of some of our recent technology survey data included in our INTech newsletter the other day.

By Bloomberg
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 18, 2011
Darren Tedesco: Driving Commonwealth's 'intuitive' tech

No matter how you slice the data, Commonwealth Financial Network LLP comes out as one of the top independent broker-dealers in the nation — and a big part of that success has been its technology.

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 11, 2011
Here's an easier way to gauge lost cost basis

Everyone agrees that determining the cost basis of securities is a big headache.

By Davis Janowski
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 08, 2011
InvestmentNews Technology Directory to make its debut this week

After a great deal of effort and teamwork, the <i>InvestmentNews</i> Technology Directory will be introduced online Wednesday.

By MFXFeeder
Advisers can slice and dice peer data via Fidelity study
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS DEC 02, 2011
Advisers can slice and dice peer data via Fidelity study

An online dashboard created by Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services allows RIAs to compare themselves to their peers.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Want to target younger life insurance customers? Get online
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH NOV 23, 2011
Want to target younger life insurance customers? Get online

With 2011 sales of life insurance products up just 4% over last year, carriers and producers would be well served by mining social networks to step up growth.

By Darla Mercado
Death of Jobs 'does create questions,' but advisers still big on Apple
YOUR PRACTICE EQUITIES NOV 22, 2011
Death of Jobs 'does create questions,' but advisers still big on Apple

Don't see magic fading following passing of company co-founder; 'creative spirit is still there'

By Jeff Benjamin