Financial advisers who use a BlackBerry or other smart phone soon will be able to access a wider range of financial tools and applications.
The Investment Management Consultants Association’s decision to offer the chartered private wealth adviser designation makes industry participants wonder if the credential will fill a need or merely add to the alphabet soup of designations already available.
NEW YORK — Middle-aged men in wigs performing a rap song, promises of a “Leadzilla” lead - generation system, and claims of millions of dollars in annual commissions — is this any way to market annuities?
How do you get a twentysomething to learn about saving and investing?
NEW YORK — In a break with its past, Waddell & Reed Inc. will offer its advisers updated technology and next year will introduce a new outside platform for its top 300 or so registered representatives, company executives said last week.
SAN FRANCISCO — When Melissa Ma, Laure Wang and Rebecca Xu decided to strike out and form a new fund-of-funds firm focused on private equity in Asia, they opted to invest first and raise a fund second.
It’s FINRA, and it’s final. But the name of the self-regulatory organization formed by the consolidation of NASD’s and the New York Stock Exchange’s regulatory units is drawing a new wave of criticism.
NEW YORK — Having enough income to last until age 90 and beyond is a future problem for baby boomers, but it can be solved now.
PHILADELPHIA — The two biggest names in indexing don’t agree on the relative performance of value and growth stocks during the first half of the year.
SAN FRANCISCO — With help from coaches who train accountants to behave more like financial advisers, H.D. Vest Financial Services is finding new success.
