Back in May, we introduced you to <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090501/REG/905019982&ht=SimpliFi"" target="”_blank”" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sophie</a>, SimpliFi's free virtual financial planner. Well, Sophie's grown up since then. As of today, she's gotten a lot more sophisticated, at least for the customers of financial institutions such as credit unions and banks that provide SimpliFi LLC's Planning Service Plus to their customers.
The majority of investors who work with advisers are not aware that income limits associated with the conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA will be lifted in January, according to a survey conducted by Fidelity Investments.
In an effort to attract stockbrokers who are migrating to a fee-based advisory practice, First Allied Securities Inc., this week will introduce a “hybrid” operational platform that has been engineered by Pershing LLC.
Same market, different outcome.
Buddy Rogers, who officially tossed his hat into the ring last week for a U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas, thinks that there is one important constituency that need a stronger voice in Congress right now: the financial advisory community.
I recently cleaned out some old files in my home office and pulled out some account statements from 2000.
Although a House Financial Services subcommittee plans to discuss adviser issues at a hearing on Oct. 6, it's unlikely Congress will debate the fine points of adopting a fiduciary standard for all financial advisers.
I'm willing to bet that a number of advisers have a venerable Texas Instruments Inc.<a href="//education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_baii_plus.html"" target="”_blank”" rel="noopener noreferrer">BA II</a> calculator either sitting on their desk, or in a nearby drawer. I'd also be willing to bet that most of you are too self-conscious to be seen in public with it.
A CEO of one of the independent brokerage shops told me a story the other day.
A former broker at Prudential Securities Inc. charged with fraudulently trading mutual funds for millions of dollars in commissions has been sentenced to two months in a halfway house.
Progress on health care reform will finally come this year, though it will be made at the expense of other regulatory- and legislative-reform initiatives, two former political party bosses said yesterday at an insurance industry gathering.
Obama wants to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that would regulate credit cards and mortgages and require that banks offer customers low-risk, standardized products.
In an effort to attract stockbrokers migrating to a fee-based advisory practice, First Allied Securities Inc., next week will introduce a “hybrid” operational platform that has been engineered by Pershing LLC.
A financial adviser from northwest Arkansas said he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joining an increasingly crowded field of GOP hopefuls.
The worst of the recession may be over, but the financial system still faces risks, Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of Pacific Investment Management Co., and Laurence Fink, chief executive at BlackRock, warned financial advisers at the Schwab Impact conference last week in San Diego.
Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. has lost another arbitration case stemming from losses suffered by a former professional athlete when its bond funds blew up: This time it is liable to a former NBA all-star for $1.45 million in damages.
Wagging his finger from the bully pulpit of Federal Hall, President Obama reminded financial leaders last week of the urgent need for new, tighter financial regulation.
StreetSmart CRM to offer conference calling feature I'll soon be taking a fresh look at <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=INTechnologyNews03&IssueDate=20080415" target=”_blank”>customer relationship management</a> software and software-as-a-service providers, and one that a few advisers have asked me about is StreetSmart from InfoStreet Inc.
The Bad Advisors and outright crooks always grab the headlines; time to strike back.
TD Ameritrade Institutional today will take the wraps off a new web-based tool designed to help potential breakaway brokers decide whether to join or start a registered investment advisory firm.
