The custody business has evolved over the last decade.
In the early 1990s, when I was in London, I ran across a weekly trade newspaper titled Money Marketing, aimed at British investment advisers.
Over the past 10 years, the world of independent-contractor broker-dealers has been turned on its ear.
Competition is stiffening among firms that keep assets under custody — and that situation could lead to cheaper, faster and better business for independent registered investment advisers.
The big Wall Street firms have been talking a good game about offering advice, but how much worthwhile information will they actually provide in the next decade?
The grandest prediction being made about financial adviser technology is that in the next few years, much of the industry's software will speak the same language.
E*Trade is wrapping up testing of its mobile platform, E*Trade Mobile Pro, for use on BlackBerry smart phones.
T. Rowe Price Group’s board of directors has approved a 15 million share increase in the company's stock buyback plan.
A mantra of tax-efficient investing is to harvest capital losses and defer all gains.
The economic downturn is forcing some baby boomers to raid their 401(k) plans and halt their savings, which could have a negative effect on their retirement, according to a new study.
Pershing LLC subsidiary iNautix LLC on Wednesday will introduce a next-generation document management solution geared toward introducing broker-dealers, investment professionals and independent registered investment advisers.
Fix the dollar, and a lot of other problems will disappear — or at least be eased.
On a recent cross-country flight, I sat next to a gentleman employed by a large technology consulting firm that assists Fortune 100 companies in implementing multimillion-dollar systems.
Ethanol, wind farms and other green technology might prove more beneficial to the environment than to investors.
Laserfiche, an electronic-document-management system firm, announced this the latest version of its software.
LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent-contractor broker-dealer, is on the lookout for plum acquisition candidates, although a top executive says growth through current advisers is the company's prime goal.
What a time to be tightening the Securities and Exchange Commission's budget.
A new software service lets employers benchmark 401(k) plan costs.
Independent broker-dealer Transamerica Financial Advisers Inc. is rolling out a soup-to-nuts paperless document management and e-signature system called TFA Synergy, and some advisers who have used it report that it saves time dramatically.
