A few years ago, adviser Jeff Bland was approached by an executive from Houston-based oil company Cameron International Corp. who was searching for an adviser to manage his more than $6 million in assets.
Financial advisers at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit discuss their strategies for using video on their firms' websites
Although some financial advisers are always thinking of ways to go above and beyond to provide extra services to clients, Paul Baumbach sticks to managing his clients' investments.
Thursday's stock market whipsaw sent many financial advisers into client management mode — fielding calls and sending out e-mails as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly tested a record 1,000-point drop.
Wells Fargo Advisors, UBS, MSSB and Merrill Lynch made personnel changes this week
My friends at <a href=www.businesshealth.com>Business Health</a>, an international consulting firm that specializes in financial advisory businesses, recently came out with a report comparing the financial “health” of Australian advisory practices today with their condition in 2007.
Meanwhile, regulatory fees were up by 10.5% in 2010; overall, regulator posted $55M net profit
Guggenheim Partner's Topper Mortimer's ex-wife -- the high priestess of NYC's high society -- gets her own show just months after getting a divorce from the money manager.
Latest to leave embattled firm since the federal government's bailout of American International Group Inc., the broker-dealer network's parent company
As this is Financial Literacy Month, now is a great time to consider providing clients with financial education as a way to differentiate your practice.
It's easy to get stymied out on the links – particularly if you fail to observe the unwritten rules for schmoozing during a round.
How can an Advisor or a Firm "own" someone else's money?
When adviser E. Kim Dignum invites clients or prospects out to play the hilly, meandering course at Mira Vista Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, she obeys her one unspoken rule of golf etiquette: Play to win.
After trimming the ranks of its brokerage force, Bank of America Corp. wants to put more troops in the field again — this time by promoting and training foot soldiers
Firm unveils a market-based equity commission guide designed for financial advisers
Jonathan Smith's heart began to race when he opened the e-mail alert on Tuesday from TD Ameritrade. The alert stated that one of his closest clients had filed paperwork to transfer nearly $ 1 million in assets away from the adviser.
What if I were to tell you that my firm had empirical data that clearly highlight a basic fact: Attracting affluent individuals is actually quite simple. I know, it's hard to believe.
Before calling a financial adviser recently, I checked out his website, as I always do to prepare for an interview.
The recent market disruption has taught many advisory-firm leaders an important lesson: Their very best employees are more critical to success than their very best clients.
