FPA Replaces McCallen With Tuttle
In its third major organizational change in five months, the Financial Planning Association announced in early January that its...
Barnash Named FPA President-Elect
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has settled on its long-term leadership, naming a four-year board member president-elect...
Bear Market Crimps Advisor Income
A new survey suggests that the bear market has forced the average planner to work harder for less money...
Schwab Institutional Offers Succession Planning
Schwab Institutional is expanding into the succession planning business with the creation of a new business unit,...
FPA To Spin Off Broker-Dealer Division
The Financial Planning Association is planning to spin off its broker-dealer membership into an independent organization...
FPA Challenges NASD On Disclosure Proposal
The NASD's proposed rules that would force brokers to disclose when they get certain types of compensation for selling...
Garday Resigns As CFP Board CEO
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Pershing Enters Custodial Services Business
The advisor custodial services market is about to get more crowded as Pershing-the nation's leading clearing...
Advisor, Consumer Groups Urge SEC to Regulate Brokers
A broad coalition of financial advisor and consumer groups is trying to renew an effort to strengthen the...
Advisors Off The Hot SeatóFor Now
Advisors seem to be off the front burner of rulemaking at the Securities and Exchange Commission, at least for now, thanks to...
LPL Financial Buys Cleveland Trust Firm
Recognizing the growing importance of estate planning in the advisory business, LPL Financial Services purchased The...
Pittís Legacy: An SRO For Advisors
In an eleventh-hour bid to alter investment advisor regulation, departing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey...
Advisors Riled Over E&O Premium Hikes
The cost of the typical errors and omissions (E&O) policy for financial advisors has climbed to 15% to 20% more than a year...
Harris Direct Institutional To Buy Sullivan Bruyette
Harris direct Institutional has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sullivan Bruyette Speros &...
A brave John Philip Coghlan, who earlier this year became head of Charles Schwab's retail business, told advisors at Schwab Institutional's annual conference in Washington, D.C...
Survey Finds Americans Feel Unprotected, Cynical About Financial Institutions
Clients who visit financial advisors may be more in need of a couch than a chair, judging by a new...
FPA Gets Tough On Capitol Hill With Lobbying And Advertising
Fearful that the lack of action on the pending "Merrill Lunch rule" has already given brokers a green light to pose as...
CFP Board Reviews Challenge Status
The CFP Board of Standards is considering phasing out a rule that makes it easier for lawyers, accountants and other financial professionals to sit for...
Diversification Struts Its Stuff
Some people could look at the current situation on Wall Street-corporate corruption, plummeting indexes, investors running for dear life-and see...
Advent Buys Techfi For $23 Million
Advent Software Inc. has bought Techfi Corp. for $23 million, in a move that further consolidates its position in the portfolio management...
