The clearing firm's B-Ds will provide consolidated performance reporting across all accounts.
Financial advisers are resisting using annuities designed for 401(k) plans which are created by insurance firms.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is developing for mortgage brokers a national database similar to the Central Registration Depository.
Under regulations governing the securities industry, it's not enough for firms merely to archive e-mails; they must be able to furnish them to regulators “promptly.”
Secure, simple and inexpensive personal-computer or cell phone access to all an investor's financial data is the promise that was being offered by companies taking part in Finovate 2007, a financial-technology trade show held in New York last week.
The walls of Neal Simon's office at Highline Wealth Management LLC are lined with the images of people he and his wife photographed during their travels through China, Guatemala, India, Indonesia and Peru.
Financial advisers don't suffer from a lack of client data, but too many providers don't offer such data in a consolidated fashion, forcing advisers to find certain types of information on their own.
An upstart financial networking website is looking to create a forum for financial advisers to showcase their investing prowess
Osman Semerci, former head of the fixed-income division, and Dale Lattanzio, former head of structured credit products, have left the firm.
Too many 401(k) plan participants are not getting the best deals from their plans, said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.
The 401(k) arena now demands specialized advisers, said Phil Chiricotti, president of the Center for Due Diligence.
It's the “best of times” for advisers willing to embrace changes in the 401(k) space, said an expert in employee benefits law.
Advisers are looking to the DOL for guidelines about how to handle revenue-sharing funds that could be refunded to plan sponsors in 401(k) plans.
As automatic features continue to propel 401(k) plans, advisers need to become retirement specialists to add value to the plan.
Advisers are said to be baffled about how much information should be passed on to participants in 401(k) plans.
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. has much to gain and little to risk in reviving its PMC brand name.
