With an eye toward addressing the industrywide challenges of effective client profiling, Omyen Corp. has developed the Personal Financial Index
Increasingly, social media the choice for reaching out to prospects
The Securities and Exchange Commission is said to have begun a sweep of registered investment advisers' use of social media and social networking, according to officials at an industry compliance firm.
The SEC and Finra are taking a closer look at how financial advisers use social networking
There has not been a lot of news coming out of this year's Technology Tools for Today conference (it is being held in Weston, Florida this year).
Mobile application sure to attract attention from users of Apple's ubiquitous smartphone
College planning is one area where financial advisers can really stand out from the crowd
Most business came to a halt throughout the Midwest two weeks ago when a massive blizzard forced workers to take a snow day, but financial advisers said they were good to go
Zephyr Associates Inc., probably best known to financial advisers for its StyleAdvisor and AllocationAdvisor products, is now providing a free peek at separately managed accounts performance analytics
Providing scalable high-tech, high-touch financial advice to the mass affluent has been a goal of adviser entrepreneurs since the days of MS-DOS. While the technology and knowledge certainly exist to make it happen, doing so successfully and profitably thus far has been elusive.
National Financial Services Corp., Fidelity Investments' clearing arm, today announced some substantial enhancements to its Streetscape web-based brokerage workstation.
With margins shrinking, broker-dealers closing and financial- reform legislation looming that could change the industry's economics, clearing firms more than ever are counting on technology.
It's obvious from my recent conversations with advisers that customer relationship management software still causes plenty of confusion
JPMorgan Chase & Co. will give its investment bankers iPads to provide an additional mobile tool as Apple Inc. expands its domain to Wall Street, threatening Research in Motion Ltd. in a market it traditionally dominated.
Thanks to the incredible popularity of Apple Inc.'s iPad, an increasing number of financial advisers have been asking me if it is possible to run their businesses on Apple computers instead of those designed only for Microsoft Windows. The answer is yes, with a catch or two.
