Mary Beth Franklin on how Medicare's annual open enrollment season is an ideal time for clients to shop around for new Medicare coverage — even if they are happy with their current plan — to see if it is still appropriate for their needs.
Report recommends advisers reconsider fees and boost client experience in battle with robo-advisers.
The road can be difficult and rocky, but that's no reason to avoid leveraging technology to help your firm grow.
New Sales Navigator is touted as a data-driven product for social selling.
If your clients think Medicare will cover most, if not all, of their health care costs in retirement, they are sorely mistaken.
American Express and J.P. Morgan Asset Management vet McConnell tapped to lead new position at WFA Digital.
Firms use succession agreements to keep brokers from taking their assets with them when they jump ship.
Mobile lifestyles, evolving models and new competition for the delivery of advice are driving big changes in the RIA business.
CEO Walt Bettinger says his firm is working on a “groundbreaking” online advice platform, though details and a timeframe remain unclear.
Sunset Financial Services has 268 affiliated reps and $2.4 billion in client assets.
Wirehouse raked in $544 million, up 25% from the year-earlier quarter.
Zurich restricts contributions to popular variable annuity contract. Maximum total purchase payments reduced from previous limit of $1 million to just $10,000.
Analysts highlight the leading IBD's string of regulatory issues
Matthew Bell has checkered history in securities industry.
A former John Thomas Financial broker's bankruptcy filing highlights an enforcement challenge: dodging customer complaints. <b><i>Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140527/FREE/140529939">More advisers succumb to personal bankruptcies</a></b></i>
Successful firms intentionally cultivate a culture that provides support and opportunities for their employees to thrive, their businesses to grow, and for their clients to become advocates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Argentina defaults. Plus: Fund managers deal with Argentina bond exposure; the Fed's-eye view of unemployment; fallout from Russian sanctions; San Bernardino goes to pot; and a cannabis stock rally adds a new twist to buying high.
Despite scarce resources, advisers are increasingly boning up on technology, or hiring young employees more comfortable with it.
