Practice Management

Displaying 9291 results
10 IBDs with the highest average payouts in 2022
YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS MAY 04, 2023
10 IBDs with the highest average payouts in 2022

InvestmentNews Research identifies the independent broker-dealers whose reps took home the highest average payouts last year.

By InvestmentNews
Driving Business Efficiency as You Grow
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 04, 2023
Driving Business Efficiency as You Grow

As your business grows, it changes. You bring new clients onboard; current clients’ needs shift; service requirements expand. In order to ensure your firm maintains the high quality client relationships its known for, you need to establish a nimble infrastructure that’s ready to meet growth opportunities with you. Use the following framework to get started.

By Commonwealth Financial Network
Goldman Sachs expands to Dallas, joining Wall Street's latest move west
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2023
Goldman Sachs expands to Dallas, joining Wall Street's latest move west

The number of finance and insurance jobs in Dallas has surged 33% in the past decade, more than double the national average.

By Bloomberg
When the going gets tough, the tough get EPIC
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION MAY 02, 2023
When the going gets tough, the tough get EPIC

Amid volatile markets, it's important that financial professionals provide clients with Empathy, Perspective, Insights and Choices.

By Ryan Sullivan
Liz Nesvold joins Cresset as president
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS MAY 02, 2023
Liz Nesvold joins Cresset as president

Nesvold is exiting Raymond James to take on an expansive new role at Cresset's $30 billion platform.

By Jeff Benjamin
Matt Sonnen joins Coldstream Wealth Management as chief operating officer
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS MAY 02, 2023
Matt Sonnen joins Coldstream Wealth Management as chief operating officer

Sonnen, founder of consulting firm PFI Advisors, will work on improving Coldstream's back-office operations.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley planning to eliminate 3,000 employees in fresh round of job cuts
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2023
Morgan Stanley planning to eliminate 3,000 employees in fresh round of job cuts

The head count reductions, which are the bank’s second round within six months, will spare wealth management teams, including advisors.

By Bloomberg
Stifel to pay $3.2 million over former broker's 'predatory sales'
YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS MAY 01, 2023
Stifel to pay $3.2 million over former broker's 'predatory sales'

The firm allegedly failed to supervise Joseph Crespi, whose trading activity prompted 135 internal alerts over 12 months, according to the office of Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin.

By Emile Hallez
Ermotti taps UBS veteran Naratil to lead integration of Credit Suisse
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2023
Ermotti taps UBS veteran Naratil to lead integration of Credit Suisse

Naratil will become the firm's chief financial officer and lead the division that will oversee the Credit Suisse merger, a Swiss newspaper reports.

By Bloomberg
Wirehouses feeling the chill of autumn in the air
YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS MAY 01, 2023
Wirehouses feeling the chill of autumn in the air

The giant firms face an approaching winter as they become less prominent in the overall advisory business.

By InvestmentNews
The superiority of the fee-based compensation model
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 26, 2023
The superiority of the fee-based compensation model

The preeminent conflict of the commission-based model is that it forces you to put the pursuit of new clients ahead of serving your existing ones.

By Scott Hanson
BlackRock's Dalia Blass leaves for law firm Sullivan & Cromwell
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2023
BlackRock's Dalia Blass leaves for law firm Sullivan & Cromwell

Blass, the former head of the SEC's division of investment management, led external affairs at BlackRock for two years.

By Emile Hallez
Wells Fargo investors overrule board on annual harassment report
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2023
Wells Fargo investors overrule board on annual harassment report

A majority of the bank's investors voted in favor of a shareholder proposal requesting an annual public report on efforts to prevent harassment and discrimination against employees.

By Bloomberg
Advisor Group makes rebranding campaign official
YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2023
Advisor Group makes rebranding campaign official

A new name is forthcoming, and the firm's eight independent broker-dealers will be merged under that new name in 18 months.

By Emile Hallez
Morningstar brings competing model portfolios onto its proprietary platform
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 25, 2023
Morningstar brings competing model portfolios onto its proprietary platform

BlackRock, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity and Clark Capital will get shelf space alongside Morningstar's own models.

By Jeff Benjamin
Legislation would allow use of 529 funds to finance training for CFP credential
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 25, 2023
Legislation would allow use of 529 funds to finance training for CFP credential

The American Institute of CPAs is also backing the measure because it would cover expenses related to the CPA exam.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Financial industry CEOs earn more as shareholder returns fall
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 25, 2023
Financial industry CEOs earn more as shareholder returns fall

Higher stock and option awards notched chief executives' pay even higher last year, according to a report from ISS Corporate Solutions.

By Emile Hallez
How model portfolios help advisors improve the client experience
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 25, 2023
How model portfolios help advisors improve the client experience

Here’s a look at the four primary ways in which model portfolios can benefit an advisory firm’s growth goals.

By Josh Schwaber
Want to keep your job? Learn to embrace AI
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 24, 2023
Want to keep your job? Learn to embrace AI

The rise of AI doesn't have to mean you're about to be obsolete. Instead, this latest tech could become your most productive business builder.

By Ric Edelman
First Rate partners with InvestEdge for compliance software
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 24, 2023
First Rate partners with InvestEdge for compliance software

Together, the companies serve more than 300 banks across the United States with a combined $3 trillion in assets under management.

By Ryan W. Neal