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Some unlikely funds “overweight” Apple
September 8, 2014
You may not be the type of person who stands in line to get your hands on the first edition of every new Apple product. But if you're an investor in mutual funds or ETFs, your returns might depend on the excitement and dedication of those consumers....
How technology can transform an RIA
September 2, 2014
The investment advisory business is constantly evolving. Among the many moving parts of this dynamic industry, technology continues to alter the way advisory firms interact with and manage their client relationships. Accordingly, the services...
Advisers arming themselves against cyberattacks
August 12, 2014
Financial advisers are changing their systems and procedures to protect clients and their own firms from the rising incidence of cybersecurity breaches. Advisers are taking such steps as verifying money requests, being more careful about passwords,...
LPL announces new tech platform
August 12, 2014
LPL Financial is rolling out a new platform for its adviser force called ClientWorks that aims to digitize account opening, make trading easier and improve client management, according to the nation's biggest independent broker-dealer. LPL is...
Ready for prime time: Advisers get into launching their own video series
August 11, 2014
As adviser David B. Armstrong tells it, he really got into making movies after he produced a video a couple of years ago to talk about his firm, his military experience and his dog. The video acts as an introduction to Mr. Armstrong, a managing...
Catching the next technology wave
August 10, 2014
The convergence of broadband wireless, Internet accessibility, smartphones and all the services that get wrapped around them is dramatically changing the way consumers interact with businesses and vice versa. Known as the “mobile Internet,”...
3 questions advisers should ask themselves before buying new technology
August 8, 2014
You hear it everywhere. Technology is evolving rapidly and to stay ahead you must jump in or your business will stumble. It's true that technology available for advisers today can make an incredible difference in their businesses — from creating...
Weighing the pros, cons and costs of virtual desktops
August 7, 2014
Buttonwood Financial Advisors is a registered investment adviser with three employees, $61 million in assets under management, 105 clients and little interest in hiring an information technology staff dedicated to supporting the firm's increasingly...
Change for technology's sake and cash in the dividends
August 4, 2014
We all wish for technology that will do exactly what we want, in the way we do it now — and will be implemented effortlessly. If this wish could come true, would it be what we truly want? Maybe we need to change in order to benefit from what...
Plugging into technology was key to building assets
August 3, 2014
When Joel Shaps bought Bedrock Capital Management Inc. 13 years ago, the advisory firm's technological sophistication could only be improved. Bedrock had virtually no software products or systems, he said. Since then, Mr. Shaps, the firm's president...
The most popular adviser tech products by category
July 29, 2014
Top 25 technology products used by advisers
July 28, 2014
In June 2014, more than 1,100 advisers responded to an InvestmentNews survey on their technology usage and satisfaction. The results below show the most popopular products overall. Rank Product # of users Category 1 Redtail CRM (Redtail Technology)...
5 ways to improve your tech evaluation process
July 18, 2014
Without careful planning, your technology can become more of a “ball and chain” than a means of growing your practice. Before you know it, you'll have several very different applications, a web of data passing between systems and a list...
Wearable devices edge into the adviser space
July 17, 2014
Wearables are getting the buzz in the technology market lately, so it makes sense that a Silicon Valley-based online investment platform should be one of the first firms in the advisory world to integrate its mobile application on wearable tech...
MainStay jumps into MLP space with mutual funds
July 14, 2014
MainStay Investments is jumping into the white-hot master limited partnership space by absorbing three MLP mutual funds managed by Cushing Asset Management. The funds, MainStay Cushing MLP Premier (CSHAX), MainStay Cushing Royalty Energy Income...
Wanted: Advisers to take tech survey
July 10, 2014
Here are a few technology questions for tablet users out there: Do Android-based tablets have any chance this year of overtaking the Apple iPad in popularity among advisers? And what about Microsoft's Surface Pro 3? Is it really “a true laptop...
Making your office paperless is the way to go
July 8, 2014
I love having a paperless office. At first, I was skeptical: Was it too ambitious to try to be totally paperless? Would we sacrifice efficiency? Could everything be documented without keeping any physical files? It took only a couple of years...
U.S. companies show broad recovery as hiring pace surges
July 2, 2014
A family-run concrete business in Michigan, the U.S.'s second-biggest carmaker, the largest railroad and a solar power provider in California are all hiring as industrial companies lead a broad labor-market rebound that's on pace to add the...
Tech training at the top of the to-do list at many RIAs
June 27, 2014
Sunit Bhalla, principal of OakTree Financial Planning in Fort Collins, Colo., took an advanced webinar Wednesday from Redtail Technology Inc. to sharpen his skills on the firm's customer relationship management system and learn about new product...
Internet phone: Time to jump on the bandwagon?
June 10, 2014
After spending four weeks in France relying on a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phone, I was impressed with how well it worked. But I’ve been using it in my office for some time. In my opinion, VoIP is the right solution for “regular”...
