It is time our elected leaders and presidential wannabes treat America's jobs crisis as the social and economic catastrophe that it is, and not just as fodder for 2012 campaigns
Evercore Wealth Management's Charles Ryan talks about his firm's recent growth an expansion -- and what lies ahead for the rest of 2011 and 2012. For more INTV with top RIAs, <a href=www.investmentnews.com/section/multimedia?playerType=INTV>click here.</a>
With Americans practically addicted to the Internet, a web-based investment advisory business would seem to be an idea whose time has come
Combined firms will have nearly $2.5B in assets under management
White paper by Georgetown professor will broaden — and stir up — discussion, TD Ameritrade's Bradley predicts
After cutting back on hiring in the wake of the 2008 downturn, advisory firms are seeking fresh talent — partly to jump-start growth, which has slowed in the past year, and partly as a form of succession planning
Market turmoil usually slows job hopping by brokers and financial advisers, but RIA custody firms say that their pipelines are as full as ever — and they don't expect a slowdown soon
Along with jobs, raising taxes on the rich is one of things the Wall Street protesters feel strongly about, as Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, is learning all too well.
AUMs, number of clients also up; firms doing more with less
Big firms were in play, private-equity firms were active; next two years could see 'frenetic activity'
Pessimistic mass-affluent, millionaire investors are putting more money in play
Enforcement actions against advisers up by nearly a third, B-Ds by 60%; 'settlements are not feeble'
IRS warns of “noticeable degradation” of taxpayer services and enforcement if Congress follows through on a plan to cut about $500 million from the agency's budget for fiscal 2012.
In their biennial tracking of the compliance violations of small investment advisers, state regulators have found a slight uptick in deficiencies per adviser, with about 45% of advisers found to have at least one books-and-records violation
The top fund hawkers generally take the same approach to winning over advisers
A U.S. Treasury Department watchdog said 2.1 million taxpayers may have received “erroneous” education-related tax credits totaling about $3.2 billion.
TD Ameritrade's Tom Bradley discusses the recent rapid and major changes that are now shaping the advisory industry landscape. INTV reports from the Market Counsel 2011 Summit.
