Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will let its nearly 18,000 financial advisers market themselves and share ideas with clients through LinkedIn and Twitter, which will allow for a 'a significant competitive advantage' according to one top exec.
Independents are doing most of the deals; difficulty expanding business organically
Bank of America Corp. won a court order temporarily blocking four former employees from using and sharing the bank's client records at their new employer, New York-based Dynasty Financial Partners.
Survey reveals grown-ups not acting like it when it comes to counseling kids on money; children tend to ask Mom
Getting unhitched in New Hampshire usually takes less than a day; things very different next store, though
Morgan Stanley has moved Sara Furber to lead a group that refers clients to its investment banking, retail brokerage and asset management divisions.
In addition to satisfying regulators, the wealth of information contained in revised ADV forms may be a gold mine of competitive intelligence
Although its wirehouse rivals are keeping their electronic drawbridges closed to social media, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC last week became the first major Wall Street firm to allow its financial advisers to use popular networking websites
Winning new business is a delicate dance of positioning yourself, engaging your audience and earning a significant amount of trust in a very short period of time
New regulations aimed at ending the cozy relationship between government and those who advise the government on investment matters sound good on first blush. But as firms have discovered, the devil's in the details.
The first question advisers often ask me is, “What exactly can I do with social media?” While the compliance constraints everyone talks about are real, there are a number of strategies you can implement that will have a tremendous effect on your bottom line
Pay-to-play rule one more reason to steer clear of the topic; but what about right to free speech?
Turnkey technology and wealth management provider Envestnet Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based portion of FundQuest Inc. from BNP Paribas Investment Partners for $24.4 million in cash for all outstanding shares of the firm.
Financial advisers expect to ramp up hiring this year, but job hunters who want to get ahead of the pack are advised to look at the hiring process from the employer's point of view
Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC has nabbed a key executive to oversee its distribution in the wealthy and third-party retail channels.
The Vanguard Group Inc. and Fidelity Investments top a list of firms in the asset management industry ranked by how well they use social media.
The following is an edited transcript of the webcast “Key Findings of the <i>InvestmentNews</i> RIA Technology Study,” which was held May 5
Active users -- undeterred by regulatory hurdles -- say they are attracting clients using social media. Moral of the story: don't procede at your own risk.
History is unimportant in assessing clients' future investments, says UMass professor Thomas Schneeweis. What is important? Sussing out risk.
