The latest data shows property values in 20 metropolitan areas dropped another 3.6% in March. And there's more where that came from: one expert says the foreclosure pipeline is 'full to bursting.'
Recognizing the critical role of real estate in clients' financial lives, advisers are finding different ways to incorporate real estate expertise into their practices.
Every financial adviser needs to be creative
The fines imposed last week by Finra on broker-dealers and executives involved in the sale of failed private placements are likely the first of many to emerge from regulators' crackdown on the sale of the securities
Increasingly, e-mail blunders are coming back to bite financial advisers and the firms they work for
BrightScope's new website, which offers investors information about advisers, has the investment community up in arms. Some advisers claim their information is inaccurate or outdated -- but they don't want to pay to have it corrected. Said one: 'I feel like I am being held hostage.'
Ralph Adamo knows what makes advisory firm partnerships successful — and what makes them fall apart
Hackers are getting to the bank accounts of small-to-medium size businesses in the U.S. and sending unauthorized wire transfers to Chinese economic and trade companies, according to the FBI.
Investors say they want clearer explanations about strategies, losses; close to half do their own planning, survey shows
New offering by Actiance Socialite allows brokerages, advisory firms to Tweet without fear
Thousands of financial advisers are running late in meeting the SEC's March 31st deadline for submitting their ADV 2 forms, a post-Madoff rule requiring plain English disclosure of their business. Need some quick tips? <i>InvestmentNews'</i> Liz Skinner and others weigh in.
The BofA-Merrill boss sounds set to take on recruiters, the threat of the rising RIA model, and anyone else who steps in her path
Although many federally registered advisers were scrambling last week to meet the March 31 filing date for the new ADV Part 2 forms, state-registered advisers in several states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas, were enjoying a bit of a reprieve
For the first time in up to a decade, the average sale price of an advisory business fell last year, according to two separate studies.
While a growing number of financial advisers will put their firms on the market in the next few years, few know what buyers look for in a possible purchase. Here's what's on their list.
Although many federally registered advisers were scrambling to meet yesterday's filing date for the new ADV Part 2 forms, state-registered advisers in several states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas, were enjoying a bit of a reprieve.
Many financial advisers are finding out that they aren't as fluent in English as they thought
Advisers have an additional four months to prepare “plain English” brochure supplements about their investment personnel thanks to an extension granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission late last month.
Imagine giving your clients an interactive retirement calculator that is about as simple to operate as an Etch A Sketch but can handle complex hypothetical scenarios — all with no initial manual data input required
But spokeswoman for United Trust claims move is merely a streamlining of existing policies
