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 — 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.
After a change of course following three turbulent years, SEI Investments Co. is once again winning assets from financial advisers.
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?
SAN FRANCISCO — With help from coaches who train accountants to behave more like financial advisers, H.D. Vest Financial Services is finding new success.
One year after the passage of the landmark Pension Protection Act, which made federal tax breaks for Section 529 college savings plans permanent, the programs are approaching “critical mass,” according to the head of the College Savings Plan Network.
CHICAGO — The role of financial advisers won’t be diminished by the new 403(b) regulations released late last month, according to industry experts.
Armed with a series of fee cuts and reimbursements to its advisers, LPL Financial Services thinks that it can take on the giants of the custody business that provide platforms for fee-only registered investment advisers.
