The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
announced a 58% pass rate among those who took the March 2005 CFP
certification exam...
If merger mania isn't sweeping the financial
advisory business, interest in it is...
The NASD has launched a new bond information Web
site that includes real-time prices on corporate and municipal bonds...
The makeup of the nation's wealthy offers financial advisors broad
opportunities for focusing in on a target market, according to a new
study...
Charles Schwab has enacted fee reductions and plans for trading
platform upgrades in response to what it calls a surge in interest in
options trading...
Charles Schwab and TD Waterhouse Group have settled
a lawsuit in which Schwab accused TD Waterhouse of "deceptive,
misleading and patently false" television advertising...
The Financial Planning Association is looking for
members willing to participate in its latest compensation and staffing
benchmark study...
The College for Financial Planning plans to offer a certification program that focuses on the special needs of
senior citizen clients...
SEI Investments has introduced a new business model
that it says will utilize a franchise structure and focus on the special needs of affluent clients...
The Edelman Financial Center, a
Fairfax, Va...
Market observers are saying the tempo of the stock market is starting to look a lot like it did in last year...
Business owners make up almost a third of
high-net-worth individuals in the U.S...
Independent broker-dealer representatives who
provide comprehensive wealth management services are significantly more
successful than those focused mainly on investment...
The Financial Planning Association
has renewed its legal battle against the Securities and Exchange
Commission and its adoption of a broker-dealer exemption, arguing the
rule...
The Financial Planning Association is still mulling what action to take on its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission and its handling of the broker-dealer...
The American College and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) have teamed to offer a new designation for financial service professionals in the...
Mutual funds that utilize a "socially responsible investing" style are more likely to side with shareholders than conventional funds when it comes to corporate governance,...
The Financial Planning Association, as part of a broad effort to revitalize its advocacy efforts, has named a board of directors to run its political action committee...
Fidelity Investments recently announced the launch
of an integrated, single sign-on technology platform designed to help
independent RIA's simplify workflow and increase...
A Charles Schwab Corp...
