TD Ameritrade has teamed up with FundQuest to offer a new managed account platform to independent registered investment advisors...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil fraud charges against two people who bilked millions of dollars from investors-particularly seniors-by hawking a get-rich-quick stock...
Five of the nine board members on the CFP Board's Discipline and Ethics Commission (DEC) resigned in protest early Saturday evening after they were informed of changes to longstanding DEC...
Fidelity Investments this week introduced a consulting platform and an online marketplace service as enhancements to its practice management program for registered investment...
Better client relationships-and more referrals as a result-can be achieved by financial advisors who actively engage their clients in the investment advice process, says a survey...
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Financial advisors aren't an optimistic lot these days, according to Schwab Institutional's semi-annual survey of independent registered investment advisors...
Citigroup shares sank 5% as of early afternoon today, in part due to Merrill Lynch cutting its 2008 earnings estimates for the troubled financial company...
Shareholders Service Group (SSG), a brokerage and custodian firm for independent registered investment advisors, today announced it signed an agreement to buy the brokerage business of EAInvest...
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March 2008 Financial Advisor Magazine
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is now accepting nominations for its 2009 Board of Directors...
A report released yesterday by the Financial Planning Association found common traits among the most profitable advisory firms-namely, the most efficient practices operate with...
The oldest baby boomers turn 62 this year and can start collecting Social Security benefits, but many aren't sure what benefits await them or how they work...
Vanguard today said it changed the investment advisory teams at some of its stock funds.
M&G Investment Management Limited was added to the advisory team of the $18...
Pershing Advisor Solutions appointed Karen Novak as chief operating officer. She replaces John Iachello, who retired at the end of last year...
A couple of rearview indicators from the National Association of Realtors show tough times continue in existing-home sales and within commercial real estate, but the trade group seems a tad more...
The Vanguard Group chose F. William McNabb III as president and director, effective March 1. In addition, McNabb, 50, will succeed Jack Brennan as chief executive officer within a year...
BridgePortfolio yesterday announced it expanded its service offerings to financial advisors by adding portfolio management platform capabilities and trading tools from...
Financial advisors desire loyalty from their clients, but they evidently don't feel the same sense of loyalty to companies that provide their financial products...
A scarcity of natural resources, created in part by the growing demand from developing countries, and continuing inflation could dramatically alter the fundamental structure of...
