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NPH Forges Deal With FP Transitions

   Independent broker/dealer National Planning Holdings (NPH) has teamed up with FP Transitions to provide succession plannning and practice acquisition services for its...

Get Ready For More Competition

   The number of registered independent advisors will grow dramatically in the next five years and competition in the industry will substantially increase, requiring new...

SEC Summit To Combat Investment Fraud Against Seniors

   The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold its second annual Seniors Summit on Sept. 10 at the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters...

Schwab Releases Rebalancing Tool

Schwab Institutional rolled out a new trading tool this week that's incorporated on its website and is provided free of charge to all Schwab Institutional advisors...

A Compliant Merger

National Regulatory Services (NRS), a national compliance consulting firm in Lakeville, Conn., recently announced that they have acquired ComplianceMAX Financial Corporation of San Diego, Calif...

FPA Teams Up With Junior Achievement

   The Financial Planning Association and JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) announced a joint effort to advance educational programs that help improve the financial literacy of...

Love China, But Won't Invest There

    China trumps the United States as the dominant economic power and will continue to do so in the future, according to a survey by Schroder Investment Management North America...

Income Distribution A Major Challenge Facing Advisors

         Will your clients have enough income to live comfortably until age 90, 95, or even 100? How much can they safely withdraw from their nest...

Advisory Industry Keeps Growing

   The latest report on the state of the financial advisor profession reveals some seemingly contradictory findings about the industry...

FPA Recognizes Outstanding Financial Planners

    Humberto Cruz, a syndicated financial columnist appearing in 120 newspapers worldwide, is one of eight financial planners or financial experts who will receive the Financial...

Fiserv to Purchase CheckFree

Technology solutions provider Fiserv Inc. announced Thursday a definitive agreement to buy financial e-commerce services company CheckFree Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $4.4 billion...

CFP Board Awards Grants To Eight Projects

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc...

What To Do With 12b-1 Fees

    Like them or not, 12b-1 fees play a big role in the mutual fund industry...

Retirement Assets Set Record

   The nation's retirement assets hit a record $16...

Financial Advisor Unveils Second Annual "Top RIA" Rankings

   In its July 2007 issue, Financial Advisor magazine published its second annual ranking of independent advisory firms that offer financial planning and related...

Roughly Half Of Americans Polled Can't Weather a Financial Storm

The bad news: America's consumer society strikes again as a recent poll shows that a majority of households don't have enough money for a rainy day...

Two Thumbs Down On Broker Regulator Name Change

   Two financial advisory membership organizations publicly oppose a proposed name change for a new regulatory organization for brokers, saying the new name will further confuse an...

Consistency Breeds Loyalty For Mutual Funds

   Recent investment performance is the number one driver of mutual fund investor satisfaction, but consistent performance drives investor loyalty, according to a national study of...

Advisor Confidence Rebounds

    Advisor confidence bounced back in June, according to Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking, Inc., an affiliate of Rydex Investments...

The Rich Get Richer

   The number of wealthy people and the amount of money they control increased dramatically during 2006, with individuals in Singapore and India leading the way, according to the...