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Fidelity Adds Three New Advisor Funds

   Fidelity Investments has added three new funds to its Fidelity Advisor family, covering international real estate, investments in Canada and small caps...

"Happyness" Author Heads FPA Speaker List

    Chris Gardner, the self-made businessman on whom the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" was based, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Financial Planning Association's...

New Futures Contracts Track Company Earnings

   The HedgeStreet Exchange plans to launch a class of futures contracts that allows investors to trade on the anticipated revenues and earnings per share of large public...

Schwab Performance Technologies Launches Two Initiatives

   Schwab Performance Technologies, a leading provider of portfolio management and reporting software for independent RIA's, recently announced two new offerings...

Fidelity to Integrate CRM, Planning Apps

   Fidelity Investments today announced that they plan to offer a customized, integrated CRM and financial planning application for registered investment advisors...

Report: Retirement Income Planning Crucial

   If financial advisors want to be successful, they're going to have to shift more of their focus on retirement income planning to serve the aging baby boom generation, according...

Morningstar To Provide Wireless Fund, ETF Data

    Morningstar Inc...

Advisor Confidence On Rebound

    Advisors' confidence in the economy and stock market rebounded in April after taking a record plunge in March, according to Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Inc...

FPA Announces May VLC Sessions

   The Financial Planning Association has released its May lineup of Virtual Learning Center sessions...

New York FPA Gives Nick Murray Its Award

   The New York chapter of the Financial Planning Association gave its 2007Malcolm S...

Will the Third CFP Board CEO Be the Charm?

   The CFP Board of Standards, which has had trouble keeping CEO's the past several years, is hoping a 20-year veteran of a financial services membership organization will be the...

Rembert and Fox Settle their Lawsuit Averting Trial Seeking Millions in Damages

With the aid of their attorneys, former advisory firm principals Don Rembert and Marjorie Fox settled their respective lawsuit and countersuit over who owned advisory clients after she was...

Fidelity Retirement Study Finds Disparities in Spouses' Expectations

   A new research study by Fidelity Investments indicates that many boomer and preretirement couples are not "in sync" with regard to retirement planning issues...

CFP Board Moving HQ To Washington

   In a 1,700-mile cross-country move designed to gain a bigger voice for CFP licensees in policy and lawmaking decisions in the nation's capital, the CFP Board of Standards will...

Hedge Funds Pick Up 2.10% in First Quarter

    Hedge funds averaged total returns of 2.10% in the first quarter-outperforming major indexes such as the S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index, according to Morningstar Inc...

FPA Lines Up April Virtual Learning Sessions

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is offering these sessions through its next two weeks...

Schwab Taking Award Nominations

   Schwab Institutional is accepting nominations for its second annual IMPACT awards, which recognize independent advisors and firms who have advanced the advisory industry "through...

FPA: Defeat of Exemption Rule 'Priceless'

   "Priceless," is how Financial Planning Association (FPA) Chairman Dan Moisand characterized the association's federal appeals court victory today, forcing the Securities and...

Retirees Face Increasing Health Care Costs

    Health care costs are taking an increasingly larger share of retiree budgets-increasing an average of 7.5% this year, according to a new report...

Advisors Losing Confidence In Economy

   Advisors, like consumers, are getting more worried about the economic picture...