FA News

Spitzer: Self-Regulation A Failure

   SAN DIEGO-New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told a gathering of financial advisors today that the actions he has taken against Wall Street in recent years has been...

Advisors Taking The Client View

   Financial advisors are spending a lot of time these days fulfilling new compliance requirements, but Bruce Sankin-an arbitrator/mediator for the NASD-feels advisors are ignoring...

Credit Suisse Launches Commodities Fund

   Credit Suisse Asset Management has announced a new product for investors looking for exposure to the commodities markets...

Study: Health Accounts Lead To Debt, Poor Care

   High-deductible medical plans-a key component of the health savings accounts being espoused by some in Washington, D.C...

Broker-Dealer Group Expands Membership, Lobbying

   The Financial Services Institute (FSI), a fledgling organization of independent broker-dealers, is looking to expand both its membership and lobbying muscle...

AIG Forms New Advisors Unit

   The AIG Advisor Group has formed a new independent broker-dealer, AIG Financial Advisors Inc. that will be comprised of representatives from three of its existing firms...

Financial Advisor Announces New Columnists For 2005

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FPA Unimpressed By SEC Broker Proposal

   As the expiration draws near for a court-ordered stay in the Financial Planning Association's lawsuit to force the agency to clarify its long-pending exemption for brokers who...

Fund Regulations May Be Looming

   Mutual fund complexes and brokerages firms are bracing themselves for a raft of new regulations that are likely to be issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the...

Advisor Shares Added To T. Rowe Price Funds

T. Rowe Price has started offering Advisor Class shares in four funds, and has also added a fund to its list of R Class offerings...

IRS Highlights 2004 Tax-Law Changes

The Internal Revenue Service on Monday released highlights of tax-law changes that will affect many advisors and clients compiling income-tax returns in the coming months...

Survey: Investor Expectations Lessening

   Investors seem to be getting over the lofty expectations of the go-go 1990's, according to a recent survey.    AdvisorBenchmarking Inc...

CFOs Eye Revenue, Health Care Costs

   Revenue growth and the continued rise of health care costs top the list of concerns for chief financial officers, according to a new survey...

Schwab Aids FPA Pro Bono Work

   Schwab Institutional has awarded a $300,000 grant for the Financial Planning Association's pro bono financial planning services...

Pape Named CFP Chairman

   Glenn Pape, a CFP and CPA with 23 years experience, has been named chairman of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards' board of governors...

SEC To Clarify Broker Exemption

   The Securities and Exchange Commission decided today to continue to allow broker-dealers to provide fee-based services, pending the adoption of permanent rules...

First Financial Software To Fold

   First Financial Software Inc. (www.fplan.com), the developers of FPLAN Pro Advisor+, FLPAN QuickPro, recently announced that the it will cease operations on December 31...

Monte Carlo Tool Use May Rise

   The use of Monte Carlo investment analysis tools in the financial services industry may become more prevalent in the wake of a recent NASD rule change...

Rising Health Care Costs Cut Savings

   The steep rise of health care costs in recent years is apparently making it harder for Americans to save money...

Recent Retirees Are Content, But Worry About Money, Survey Finds

   Recent retirees are generally content with their lives, despite persistent concerns about their income, health and the future of Social Security benefits, according to a new...