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.
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.
NEW YORK — OptionsHouse Inc., a Chicago-based online retail broker, late last month became the most recent firm to add a virtual options-trading tool to its website. The motivation for the online upgrade is unsophisticated investors who are interested in trading options but wary because they do not understand them.
Amid market volatility that has shaken the confidence of even the most seasoned investors, one sector continues to shine unexpectedly: technology.
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.
NEW YORK — Retirement is already scary for both near-retirees on a tight budget and their planners, but these clients may warrant a second look, advisers said.
