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FINTECH OCT 03, 2008
Advent closes deal with Tamale

Advent Software completes acquisition of Tamale Software, and Minuteman Advisor Services offers an online portfolio rebalancing platform.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 29, 2008
September Week 4: Gaining top client referrals

Now you have uncovered assets. How do you track them?

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 28, 2008
Independent advisers create best practices to deal with elderly

While the Securities and Exchange Commission has compiled a set of best practices for working with aging clients, independent advisers have created small-scale solutions for their own firms.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 28, 2008
Advisers greet a financial 'Facebook'

Spencer Green didn't anticipate the current financial crisis when he created MeettheBoss.com, but Wall Street's problems may help the new networking site take off.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 28, 2008
Wall St. woes don't worry smaller firms

Executives at small broker-dealers and regional investment banks see opportunity in the frenzy on Wall Street, but they worry that new regulations will be burdensome.

By Bloomberg
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY SEP 26, 2008
Sham B-D targeted Hispanics, SEC says

The SEC has charged a man for running a fraudulent unregistered day-trading firm and violating federal securities laws.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 26, 2008
Don't blame technology

Where was all of Wall Street’s expensive, supposedly advanced technology when we needed it? Shouldn’t technology have helped to avert the current economic and financial mess?

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 24, 2008
Paulson does about-face on compensation

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today told a House committee he was open to considering limits on executive compensation in the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout package for the nation’s financial institutions.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 24, 2008
Fidelity site ranked No. 1 for intermediaries

Lauded for its ability to make use of advanced technology to make its website user-friendly, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Co. of Boston was ranked as the financial intermediary with the best website by kasina LLC.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 22, 2008
September Week 3: Checklists for retirement assets

Checklists don’t have to be complicated, but each client must have one that’s customized just for them.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 22, 2008
How to ease in-family succession

Although family members may work with them, most financial advisers do not think of their firms as family businesses. In their minds, the businesses are theirs — even when ownership is shared with other family members.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 15, 2008
September Week 2: Committing to a review-plan calendar

Unless you position your value as a retirement rollover resource for your top clients now, you risk losing out on the significant assets these clients hold away from you.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 15, 2008
Advisers get their 15 minutes

While financial advisers provide far from the most popular content on YouTube, they are there.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 15, 2008
LPL to pay $275K fine for hacking incidents

LPL Financial has agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty for violating customers' privacy, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2008
LIMRA, NAIFA launch online seminars

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors today announced its partnership with LIMRA International Inc. to provide NAIFA members with free access to a monthly “Market Awareness” web seminar.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 08, 2008
Glitch once again shuts down London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange PLC halted trading for three and a half hours on Thursday because of a technical glitch that prevented some customers from connecting to its systems.

By Associated Press
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2008
September Week 1: Start your client-tiering segmentation

The key to capturing rollover from qualified savings plans is right in each adviser’s office — your own client list.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 08, 2008
MoneyGuidePro updates offer more flexibility, automation

The latest version of Money-GuidePro focuses on flexible features designed to automate an adviser's initial meetings with clients.

By Bloomberg
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY SEP 02, 2008
Study: Women should lighten equity load

Due to their longer life expectancies, woman should allocate much less to equities than advisers normally recommend, according to an academic paper.

By Bloomberg
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY SEP 01, 2008
Wealthy wives want equal treatment from advisers

Married wealthy women want to be treated as equal partners in terms of financial decisions when they meet with financial advisers, according to a study from Mintel International Group Ltd. released exclusively to <i>InvestmentNews</i>.

By Bloomberg