Practice Management

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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 12, 2014
Advisers worry about potential costs of third-party exams

Estimates range from $5,000 to $20,000; sharp opposition to Finra getting involved.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH DEC 11, 2014
NestEgg Wealth acquisition brings white-label robo to advisers

Technology platform will combine digital advice tool with customer relationship management and portfolio management systems.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
Citigroup dealt second fine for prospectus lapses

Finra said the firm failed to deliver documents after ETFs were purchased by clients.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
The contingency plan: Your succession plan's safety net

Even the best-drafted arrangements can fall apart, so it's important to have a backup

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
When slow Internet happens to fast people

Entrepreneur goes where life is slow and the Internet is slower.

By Sheryl Rowling
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
Jump-start succession planning by broadening advisers' perspectives

The advice business must work together to ensure advisers have the resources and information they need to develop and execute strong succession plans.

By Dale Brown
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
How to handle a scandal

Crisis triage easier when the brand is strong to begin with, experts say.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
Should your clients use prepaid college tuition plans?

As more schools sign on, guarantees and tuition cost savings attract account holders.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
Tony Robbins gets advisers talking at the 2014 MarketCounsel Summit

Independent advisers get a dose of inspiration as Tony Robbins continues to champion their cause

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 10, 2014
Americans have a low retirement IQ

More than 75% are clueless when it comes to drawing down income in their golden years.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
What the SEC's enforcement numbers really tell us

Under Mary Jo White, agency is more prone to launch disciplinary action to correct violations than in the past

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH DEC 10, 2014
The ultimate payoff of advisers striking strategic partnerships

When advisers create more time to better engage their clients, they can build strong and rewarding businesses

By Charles Goldman
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
B-Ds taking it on the chin from regulators

With three retail firms in the past couple of weeks disclosing disappointing earnings related to compliance and regulatory issues, the question is: Where does this rash of regulatory actions come from?

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 09, 2014
Could more women traders cut volatility?

Experimental market sessions show more women traders = smaller and fewer bubbles

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 09, 2014
Mark Cuban blasts SEC focus on enforcement

In a strange combo, the 'Shark Tank' entrepreneur joined former chairman Christopher Cox in criticizing the agency for the way it handles enforcement actions.

By Mason Braswell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 08, 2014
From the C Suite with Raymond James' CEO Paul Reilly: Listen and learn. But in a crunch, be decisive

Exec honed his listening and peacemaking skills growing up as the third of eight children and those talents have come in handy.

By Liz Skinner
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 08, 2014
Fidelity fined $350,000 in billing snafu

Finra said the firm overbilled more than 20,000 fee-based accounts in its RIA unit by $2.4 million over seven years and ordered it to pay a $350,000 fine.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES DEC 08, 2014
Pimco plucks two from Schroders for equities expansion effort

Giles Money joins as a money manager in global growth equity strategies and Lucrecia Tam as an equity analyst focused on industrials,

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 08, 2014
The insight that enabled Carl Icahn to become a corporate raider

How an activist closed-end fund investor became a greenmailer

By Tobias E. Carlisle
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 08, 2014
Four Convergent veterans depart for Presidio

Decision by advisers, including an executive director of the ultrahigh-net-worth group, to leave the firm and join Presidio comes amid management changes.

By Mason Braswell