Advisor News

Displaying 26697 results
FINTECH JUN 09, 2008
Custodians morphed into multiservice companies

The custody business has evolved over the last decade.

By Bloomberg
OPINION JUN 09, 2008
How it all started for InvestmentNews

In the early 1990s, when I was in London, I ran across a weekly trade newspaper titled Money Marketing, aimed at British investment advisers.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 09, 2008
Indie biz model grows despite aggressive regulation

Over the past 10 years, the world of independent-contractor broker-dealers has been turned on its ear.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUN 09, 2008
Eyeing assets, custodians aim to help advisers grow

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.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES JUN 09, 2008
More talk, less trade seen on Wall Street

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?

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUN 09, 2008
Adviser software expected to speak the same language

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.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUN 06, 2008
E*Trade mobil, Resolver One, Market-Q

E*Trade is wrapping up testing of its mobile platform, E*Trade Mobile Pro, for use on BlackBerry smart phones.

By Janowski Davis
WIREHOUSES JUN 06, 2008
T. Rowe ups share buyback

T. Rowe Price Group’s board of directors has approved a 15 million share increase in the company's stock buyback plan.

By Bloomberg
OPINION JUN 02, 2008
Harvest your capital gains?

A mantra of tax-efficient investing is to harvest capital losses and defer all gains.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2008
Boomers' retirement plans in jeopardy

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.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUN 02, 2008
Pershing offers document managementc

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.

By Bloomberg
OPINION JUN 02, 2008
Fed needs to strengthen the dollar

Fix the dollar, and a lot of other problems will disappear — or at least be eased.

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH JUN 02, 2008
Investing in technology during downturns

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.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUN 02, 2008
Environmental investing could be in the 'early stages' of a bubble

Ethanol, wind farms and other green technology might prove more beneficial to the environment than to investors.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 30, 2008
Ignoring Medicare enrollment rules can cost your client plenty

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAY 30, 2008
Laserfiche8, Cheshire, and archival docs

Laserfiche, an electronic-document-management system firm, announced this the latest version of its software.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 29, 2008
LPL poised for acquisitions

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.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 26, 2008
SEC cannot do more with less

What a time to be tightening the Securities and Exchange Commission's budget.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2008
Financial advisers, sponsors offered new yardstick for retirement plan fees

A new software service lets employers benchmark 401(k) plan costs.

By Sue Asci
FINTECH MAY 26, 2008
Transamerica Financial Advisers rolls out paperless system

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.

By Bloomberg