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ADVISOR NEWS OPINION MAY 15, 2008
Health care is part of wealth care

What would be the financial consequence if one of your clients lost his or her physical and/or mental independence?

By Lewis J. Walker
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 12, 2008
RBC continues to struggle with new tech platform

RBC is struggling to get the bugs out of its new technology platform.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 12, 2008
SEC chief to unveil data-reporting plan

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 12, 2008
Berthel Fisher's president, Jeff Auld, exits the firm

Jeff Auld, the president of Berthel Fisher and Company Financial Services Inc., has left the company for personal reasons.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION MAY 12, 2008
Wanted: An economically savvy candidate

What this country needs is a presidential candidate who understands and cares about economics.

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2008
ICI meeting covers use of alternatives in funds

The use of alternative hedge-fund-like strategies within mutual funds was a hot topic of discussion last week at the Investment Company Institute's 50th annual general membership meeting in Washington.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 12, 2008
Boulevard R offers actionable financial plans

BoulevardR.com, an interactive website that has been used primarily as a tool for retirement planning, is launching a three-step process that provides an actionable financial plan prepared by a financial planner for $49.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 09, 2008
Fidelity platform on schedule; Eagle upgrades

A portfolio modeling and rebalancing tool is being built into an upcoming Fidelity WealthCentral Platform.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2008
Retirement security top priority for investors

The government should remove obstacles that keep employers from offering 401(k) plans, said Paul Schott Stevens.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION MAY 05, 2008
Let the HSA experiment run its course

The House of Representatives is trying to cripple the experiment with health savings accounts by burdening it with extra layers of bureaucracy.

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 05, 2008
Implement software carefully

A hypothetical adviser I'll call Jim French was excited to implement new financial planning software his firm had introduced.

By Bloomberg
LPL offers new custody service
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 05, 2008
LPL offers new custody service

The largest IDB will allow RIAs to hold fee-based assets with outside custodians; it's also rolling out its own custody platform for RIAs later this year.

By Brooke Southall
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2008
Citi and UBS wealth units tough it out

Wealth management executives at Citigroup and UBS, two of the financial institutions hardest hit by the subprime loan crisis, are working overtime on damage control to protect their lucrative franchises.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 05, 2008
Firms rush to go 'paperless,' saving money, time, trees

Most everyone in the financial industry wants to move from paper to electronic documents, but firms that have rolled out systems to do so — and the broker-dealers providing technical assistance — agree that it will take one to three years to recoup the investment of capital in hardware, in software, and in the time needed to train staff and integrate the new systems into firms' work flow.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 05, 2008
Backing up is dull to do for advisers

Backing up computer files is a vital but tedious way to protect a financial practice.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 05, 2008
Indie brokers wary about CFP Board's ethics code

Independent-contractor broker-dealers are gnashing their teeth over the possible consequences of an updated professional code of ethics for certified financial planners, coming this summer.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2008
Financial advisers act to snag 401(k)s

The volatile stock market has created a period of frenzy for financial advisers in the 401(k) area, who have seen a substantial increase in the number of new prospects.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION MAY 02, 2008
Holding a client’s hand in a bear market

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 02, 2008
E*Assist compliance automation calculator

Brokerage firms can use the tool to determine the extent to which manual tasks can be automated.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 01, 2008
Fund exec wins $12 million in arbitration

John Carl of AllianceBernstein won $10 million in damages against the firm and $2 million in punitive damages.

By Bloomberg