The mutual fund industry, buffeted by volatile markets, unprecedented scandals and new competition, has had a tough time over the past 10 years.
The custody business has evolved over the last decade.
Over the past 10 years, the world of independent-contractor broker-dealers has been turned on its ear.
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"The marketplace always drives Washington," said Duane Thompson, managing director of the Financial Planning Association's Washington office.
Competition is stiffening among firms that keep assets under custody — and that situation could lead to cheaper, faster and better business for independent registered investment advisers.
The grandest prediction being made about financial adviser technology is that in the next few years, much of the industry's software will speak the same language.
E*Trade is wrapping up testing of its mobile platform, E*Trade Mobile Pro, for use on BlackBerry smart phones.
Pershing LLC subsidiary iNautix LLC on Wednesday will introduce a next-generation document management solution geared toward introducing broker-dealers, investment professionals and independent registered investment advisers.
Broker-dealers are expected to keep getting bigger, but turning that growth into profitability will remain a challenge, according to a new study.
On a recent cross-country flight, I sat next to a gentleman employed by a large technology consulting firm that assists Fortune 100 companies in implementing multimillion-dollar systems.
Ethanol, wind farms and other green technology might prove more beneficial to the environment than to investors.
Laserfiche, an electronic-document-management system firm, announced this the latest version of its software.
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Independent broker-dealer Transamerica Financial Advisers Inc. is rolling out a soup-to-nuts paperless document management and e-signature system called TFA Synergy, and some advisers who have used it report that it saves time dramatically.
BlackRock Inc. has hired Craig Phillips to head its financial markets advisory group, a unit of BlackRock Solutions.
To create a memorable story about your practice and retirement services you must go beyond branding.
The document-management unit of Compulink Management Center has announced the release of Laserfiche 8.
What would be the financial consequence if one of your clients lost his or her physical and/or mental independence?
RBC is struggling to get the bugs out of its new technology platform.
