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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 27, 2010
Tad Edwards plays in Peoria

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 27, 2010
Q&A with Tad Edwards: Why the legacy will continue

Although he quietly launched his own brokerage firm in St. Louis a year ago, Benjamin F. “Tad” Edwards IV — the great-great-grandson of Albert Gallatin Edwards, who founded A.G. Edwards Inc. in the 19th century — is moving right along with his expansion plans, having opened his first two branch offices in the past two months.

By Sue Asci
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 26, 2010
For advisers, talking politics with clients makes little sense

I thought the article “No profit in talking politics with clients” (Aug. 29) was spot-on.

By MFXFeeder
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 26, 2010
Incite: Don't put off succession planning

In conducting the research for our recent white paper, my partners and I were surprised to discover just how few owners of wealth management firms have done any meaningful succession planning for their businesses.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 26, 2010
RIA giants rebound

The top 50 largest registered investment advisory firms managed $127.2 billion as of the end of the second quarter — up a sizable 16% from the end of the second quarter in 2009.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 23, 2010
Moxy 7.0 trade order management now available from Advent

Advent Software yesterday announced availability of Moxy 7.0, the latest version of the trade order management system that's so popular with registered investment advisory firms

By Davis Janowski
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 22, 2010
Secrets of the top advisory firms: How they view and value their businesses

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS SEP 22, 2010
Blog: Confidentiality when interviewing -- don't blow your deal

By Mark Bruno
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 20, 2010
The Golden Years

In the third installment of the InvestmentNews four-part Lifestage series, we focus on those 60 to 75 — people on the verge of retiring and those who are in the first stage of retirement.

By lkoueiter
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 19, 2010
Advisers create sideline business as money managers

A growing number of financial advisers who have developed tactical investment strategies — and can point to good track records — are developing a sideline business running money for fellow advisers and for clients they have never met.

By Dan Jamieson
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 19, 2010
Vision statements benefit advisory firms

We are all so busy playing a variety of roles each day that it is easy to get lost, seeing only the very next tree ahead instead of the forest.

By Joni Youngwirth
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 18, 2010
InvestmentNews Digital: The Golden Years

By Mark Bruno
As rents plunge, advisory firms snap up bigger, better digs
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2010
As rents plunge, advisory firms snap up bigger, better digs

For the first time in years, Judith Bedell and Mike Frazier got to call the shots when they negotiated a new lease for their advisory business in Walnut Creek, Calif.

By Lisa Shidler
FINTECH SEP 16, 2010
More on Vanguard Annuity Access

By Davis Janowski
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 15, 2010
Survey reveals investors' biggest fear

Concerns about scam artists driving public to self-directed accounts

By Jessica Toonkel
ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2010
UBS hires Morgan Stanley Smith Barney alternatives specialist

Jerry Pascucci, the chief investment officer for alternative investments at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, is joining the U.S. wealth management unit of UBS AG to run alternatives for high-net-worth clients.

By Jed Horowitz
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 12, 2010
Looking at financial pros through mud-colored glasses

Having been burned by the market more than once, investors now seem to be twice as shy about handing over their hard-earned money to a new financial adviser.

By Lisa Shidler
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 12, 2010
Secrets of the top performing advisory firms: How to use benchmarking

What separates the top firms from their peers? Find out in this exclusive Q&A series with Pershing's Mark Tibergien and InvestmentNews' Kelli Cruz, who dive into the findings from this year's financial performance study.

By Mark Bruno
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2010
Building excellence in a difficult year

Even though the stock market staged a recovery through most of 2009, the investment advisory industry struggled.

By Evan Cooper
RIA NEWS SEP 08, 2010
Blog: Cold-calling reps still tarnishing industry's rep

Cold calling, as a method for bringing in new accounts, appears to be alive and well.

By Mark Bruno