Settlement a Hobson’s choice for independents?
Getting a piece of several hundred million dollars can add needed gusto to a company’s bottom line. That’s…
New quarterback calls signals in separate-accounts game
In the ever-evolving world of separately managed accounts, there’s a quarterback on the field, keeping the team in…
Web-based systems snare advisers
Internet-based portfolio management systems are making inroads into adviser offices – paralleling the rapid growth of the web…
Class-action reform push stays on the front burner
The heat may be off class-action tort reform but it’s still a front-burner issue for a number of…
Thriving on disaster: Security companies surge
About two weeks after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Visionics Corp. put out a white…
You say you want a revolution? You’ve got it
Think the tech revolution is dead? Think about Dennis Tito’s $20 million ride into space. Think about a…
This fund really needsa manager with a Ph.D.
Fund managers don’t necessarily need a Ph.D. to do their jobs, but when the companies they invest in…
Analysts target companies at forefront of genomics
Although payday may still be as much as a decade away, analysts are betting heavily that the budding…
New ports of call lure advisers to web
Financial advisers are paid to give advice, not crunch numbers. To let them do what they do best,…
Muslims an untapped market for advisers who know Shariah
Omar Haydar, who co-manages a mutual fund targeting Islamic investors, recounts the phone call he got from a…
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