FA News

CFP Board CEO Teslik Resigns

   Sarah Ball Teslik has resigned as CEO of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to assume a policy position in the private sector, the board announced...

Rydex Offers Alternative Strategies To Mainstream

   Memo to financial advisors and wealth managers: According to Rydex Investments, investors can manage risk and maximize portfolio returns in the same way major institutions do...

FPA Asks Court To Vacate Exemption Rule

   The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C...

Financial Advisor Symposium Draws More Than 1,000 Advisors

    More than 1,000 advisors visited the 9th Annual Chicago Financial Advisor Symposium (FAS), which wrapped up last week with a keynote address from the legendary John Bogle,...

Money Managers See Economic Slump, No Recession

   Money managers expect the economy to slow down or remain flat over the next year, but they don't think the slump will lead to a recession, according to a new report...

FPA Gives Out 'Heart' Awards

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the winners of its Heart of Financial Planning Distinguished Service Awards-a new award that recognizes planners who...

FPA Blasts CFP Ethics Proposal

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has stepped up its opposition to the CFP Board's proposed ethics code changes, with FPA President Daniel B...

MoneyGuidePro Releases 'Boomer' Edition

   PIE Technologies Inc. announced today the release of an upgrade to MoneyGuidePro, their popular comprehensive, online financial planning solution...

Skip Viragh Award Goes To Evensky And Hopewell

   Harold Evensky and Lynn Hopewell were named the joint recipients of this year's Skip Viragh Award, which is to be presented at the Financial Advisor Symposium in Chicago on...

Advisors Unimpressed By Planning Software

   Financial planning software has yet to win over the bulk of advisors, with many of them feeling today's products are "just OK," according to a new study...

TD Ameritrade Looks To Educate Investors

   As one of the outspoken critics of the SEC rule that exempts fee-based brokerage services from Advisers Act regulation, TD Ameritrade Institutional has argued the rule confuses...

EISI Changes Executive Team

   Emerging Information Systems Inc...

Portfolio Systems Offers Intuit Users Discount

   Portfolio Systems Inc. is offering discounted training and technical support to those impacted by Intuit's exit from portfolio management...

Intuit Scraps PortfolioMinder

   Almost seven months to the day after announcing the release of PortfolioMinder, their new low cost, Web-based portfolio management service, Intuit will today announce plans to...

AdviceAmerica Launches Retirement Income Edition

    AdviceAmerica, Inc., a Fremont, Calif...

Banks Lose Ground In Trust Market

   The banking industry's dominance in personal trust services is beginning to slip, according to a new study.    Personal trust assets held by U.S...

Fidelity Offers Auto 401(k) Enrollment, Consultants

   Fidelity Investments has upgraded its Advisor 401(k) platform to take advantage of opportunities offered in the Pension Protection Act of 2006...

Seminar Focuses On Retiring Baby Boomers

    Dealing with the pension and IRA issues of the more than 76 million baby boomers nearing retirement will be the subject of a day-long seminar by The American College...

EISI Acquires Financial Profiles

   Emerging Information Systems Inc., the developer of NaviPlan financial planning software today announced the acquisition of Financial Profiles Inc...

Bond Fund Manager Looks Overseas

   If you're a bond fund manager in the U.S. looking for returns, where do you go?    For at least one manager, the answer is, across the...