Advisers can improve client outcomes and make their own lives easier by practicing one or two new techniques.
Average adviser has roughly 1,800 hours available in work year, but approximately 60% of it spent 'on crap,' Pershing's Tibergien says.
The best practices program will require advisers to charge reasonable fees and disclose them.
Jeffrey Howell allegedly overvalued a UBS customer's account by as much as $3 million.
CFO Paul Donofrio says the bank's decision "creates significant flexibility for our advisers, and we're delivering fiduciary, best-interest advice to clients.” <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-faq" target="_blank">A comprehensive, searchable database of advisers' fiduciary FAQs</a>)</i></b> .
Despite record enforcement at the agency, the senator focused on Ms. White's 'brazen conduct.' <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160904/FREE/160909989/why-financial-advisers-hate-elizabeth-warren" target="_blank">Why advisers hate Elizabeth Warren</a>)</i></b>
The broker wired funds to a business account to pay himself a higher salary, unearned commissions.
They have higher incomes and more assets than the general population, but fewer than one in five Asian-Americans has a financial adviser.
Planners are tweeting and posting to the web more &mdash; and many are gaining new clients from the effort.
Laurence I. Balter, founder of Oracle Investment Research, also allegedly charged clients both an advisory fee and a fund-management fee.
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Could it be that higher-status people are just more likely to whine when things don't go their way?
Lessons can be learned from larger firms that have completed Finra's examinations, and from the safeguards they've built to avoid future problems.
Open to Fidelity's custody clients, advisers will have access to an online portal, one-on-one coaching and peer learning opportunities.
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Alex Murguia, financial planner and tech expert, says having client portals and a mobile-friendly website are elemental for building a successful practice.
Highlights from <i>IN</i> Research's new study show why it's important to gauge where a firm is strong or weak in the sales process by benchmarking against peers.
Tim Sloan will succeed Stump as the bank's chief executive
Neil Moscicki allegedly violated the noncompete covenant of his employment agreement.
They will open a new private banking office for Merrill in Bellevue, Wash.
