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Pershing adds huge 529 plan to its platform
Pershing LLC is making it easier for its advisers to open college savings plans for clients, starting with…
Is Pinterest the next big social network for advisers?
Because Pinterest is so new in the social media world, a very small number of financial advisors are…
The key to enjoying your golden years?
If you want to enjoy your golden years, start saving in your 20s and use an investment adviser to help you afford life after work.
Death and taxes collide as fatal crashes mount on IRS filing day
Deaths from traffic accidents around April 15, traditionally the last day to file individual income taxes in the U.S., rose 6% on average on each of the last 30 years of tax filing days compared with a day during the week prior and a week later.
It’s time to plan for 2012 taxes
The deadline for filing 2011 taxes is one week away, but many Americans should be more concerned with…
Fledgling RIAs: to ‘lease’ or to buy?
Is it better for a breakaway broker to operate his or her own registered investment advisory firm or…
The InvestmentNews RIA Data Center: What’s new
InvestmentNews has re-launched its RIA Rankings with a number changes to underlying data - and tools to create your own rankings.
TD names new head of practice management
Gaze replaces Watson, who left for LPL last year
Hartford offers wealth management boss $2M bonus to stay for 11 months
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer scaling back amid investor demands for a breakup, has offered…
Assets up but revenue down for Schwab, TD Ameritrade
Low rates, unenthused DIY investors are to blame
Schwab’s target date funds in ‘the hands of a novice’: Morningstar
Analyst also blasts high management turnover and use of proprietary funds
<i>InvestmentNews</i> to launch ‘Next Gen’ virtual career fair
InvestmentNews will launch a strategic initiative designed to introduce college students and young professionals to opportunities in the financial advisory business.
DTCC names new boss
Bodson to take over at securities clearinghouse; Donahue retiring
Next Gen: The advisory industry’s ‘best kept secret’?
A handful of universities, led by Texas Tech and Virginia Tech, are growing their CFP programs and introducing more young talent into the financial planning industry each year. Yet few firms seem to be aware of the budding talent pool.
Surprise mediator assigned to work out Mets, Madoff dispute
Mario Cuomo -- ex-governor and noted baseball fan -- chosen to oversee arbitration between team's overs and trustee Picard
A fraud warning for self-directed IRAs
In September, the SEC issued an investor alert warning investors to be wary of fraudulent promoters targeting self-directed IRAs
Top advisers see very slow growth in 2012
The following is an edited transcript of an Oct. 25 round-table discussion moderated by InvestmentNews deputy editors Evan Cooper and Frederick P. Gabriel Jr.
Valuations up as RIA deals near record
United Capital Financial Advisers LLC's purchase of Peak Capital Investment Services LLC last week is a sign of the times
Deal fever hit RIA biz in 2010
Close to 110 mergers and acquisitions completed; M&A discussions 'back on the front burner'
Schwab reports $16B in new custody assets, meets 3Q numbers
Charles Schwab Corp., the largest independent brokerage by client assets, reported third-quarter profit that met projections after it settled claims about misleading investors and revenue from trading declined.
