The CEO of Silvercrest Asset Management talks about the firm and offers advice to young advisers.
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Two recent surveys lend credence to suggestions that the Wall Street meltdown may drive more financial advisers to independent firms from wirehouses.
Many plan sponsors aren't focused on the investment strategies behind target date funds, creating an opportunity for financial advisers to play a greater role in the retirement-planning process, according to a survey by JPMorgan Asset Management Inc. of New York.
The election of Barack Obama has given a new "green" light to environmental investing, and financial advisers are taking notice.
Charles G. Goldman's appointment last week to run the RIA custody and correspondent clearing businesses of Fidelity Investments presents a challenge to The Charles Schwab Corp., his former employer, and highlights contrasting strategies as the discount brokerage giants battle for assets from registered investment advisers, wealth managers and corporate retirement plan sponsors.
When a client recently told her adviser that she would be losing her public relations job in six months, Morris Armstrong gave her advice that he never thought he would dispense: He told the single mother, who had been contributing significantly to her 401(k) plan, to stop.
To attract disaffected wirehouse reps, more independent financial firms are signing on to the industry's recruitment protocol.
With the global financial markets extending their record-level volatility and generally downward spirals, at least one industry is making a case for space exploration investing.
The number of Americans who filed for first-time jobless benefits fell by 14,000 to 529,000 in the week ended Nov. 22, according to the Department of Labor.
New orders for manufactured durable goods sank $12.7 billion, or 6.2%, in October after a 0.2% decrease in September, the Department of Commerce reported today.
Socially conscious funds are one of the highest growth areas of the mutual fund industry and have outperformed their peers in recent time periods, according to a study released today by New York-based Lipper Inc.
A former broker from GunnAllen Financial Inc. of Tampa, Fla., stole $1.3 million from at least 16 elderly clients in the past six years, according to the New Jersey Bureau of Securities.
President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign promises, selection of economic advisers and recent statements provide insight into the likely tax changes to come and the timing of any such changes.
Eaton Vance Corp. posted a 43% profit drop for its fiscal fourth quarter today after incurring $17.4 million in impairments stemming from the credit crunch.
High-net-worth donors relied more on lawyers and accountants for philanthropic advice than financial advisers in 2007, according to a survey released Monday by Bank of America.
The New York-based accounting firm yesterday paid the settlement in connection with its auditing service for Philadelphia-based Reliance Insurance Co., a carrier that’s now in liquidation.
The fund, UBS' first, offers a range of investment options, including exchange traded fund portfolios, mutual funds and separately managed accounts.
The U.S. real gross domestic product declined to a revised 0.5% in the third quarter, marking its biggest drop in seven years, the Department of Commerce reported today.
Ameritas Life Insurance Co. of Lincoln, Neb., will offer a new version of its new variable universal life policy Jan. 1 as the company tries to conform to new mortality tables.
