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Hedge Funds Pick Up 2.10% in First Quarter

    Hedge funds averaged total returns of 2.10% in the first quarter-outperforming major indexes such as the S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index, according to Morningstar Inc...

FPA Lines Up April Virtual Learning Sessions

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is offering these sessions through its next two weeks...

Schwab Taking Award Nominations

   Schwab Institutional is accepting nominations for its second annual IMPACT awards, which recognize independent advisors and firms who have advanced the advisory industry "through...

FPA: Defeat of Exemption Rule 'Priceless'

   "Priceless," is how Financial Planning Association (FPA) Chairman Dan Moisand characterized the association's federal appeals court victory today, forcing the Securities and...

Retirees Face Increasing Health Care Costs

    Health care costs are taking an increasingly larger share of retiree budgets-increasing an average of 7.5% this year, according to a new report...

Advisors Losing Confidence In Economy

   Advisors, like consumers, are getting more worried about the economic picture...

FPA and Wall Street Journal To Educate Consumers

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and The Wall Street Journal are partnering to educate the newspaper's readers about the value of financial planning...

Goldman Named Head Of Security Benefit's Asset Management Arm

   The appointment of Richard Goldman as president of Security Investments Corp...

Millionaires Wary Of Future Economy

   Stock market volatility and real estate values have made millionaires wary about the future-but not to the point where they are abandoning equity...

Upswing Adds Automated Workflow to Online CRM Suite

   Upswing, Inc...

CFP Ethics Revision Wins FPA Support

   The second draft of the revised CFP ethics code has won the support of the Financial Planning Association, which was one of the chief foes of the original revision...

FPA Asks SEC To Clarify Exemption Rule

   The Financial Planning Association is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to clarify when a broker-dealer is considered exempt from the Investment Advisers Act of...

Landmark Report Announces Average IRR of 13.6% for Non-Traded REITs

   As investor awareness of market risk and the value of asset allocation have grown, non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) have become a major component of many...

Morningstar Buys S&P Fund Data Business

   Morningstar Inc...

"Casual" Attire Benefits Serious Causes

   Investors Capital Corp. has found a "casual" way to generate money for some serious causes...

CFP Ethics Code Proposal Places Client First

   All CFP certificants who provide financial planning services would be required to provide clients with the "care of a fiduciary" under a second revision of the CFP Board of...

Now It's The 'Big Four' In RIA Custodial Services

   The independent advisor custodial services market has in recent years been dominated by the Big Three. Now, however, the dominating companies are a foursome...

FPA Pro Bono Center Gets $295,000

   The Financial Planning Association pro bono support program-created five years ago to serve victims of the September 11 terror attacks-has received a $295,000 grant from the...

CRM Software Releases Junxure ClientView 2.0

   CRM Software, creators of the popular Junxure CRM software for advisors, has announced the release of Junxure ClientView 2.0.    Unlike ClientView 1...

CFP Board Gives Ethics Revision Second Try

   The CFP Board of Standards board of directors says it will release a second draft of its controversial ethical standards revisions at a public meeting on March...