FA News

Evolving Service Models Needed To Meet The Needs of High-Net -Worth Individuals

   The annual World Wealth Report, issued by Merrill Lynch and the Capgemini consulting group, found that wealth management firms are moving toward more dynamic, needs-based...

Security Benefit Acquires Rydex Investments

Money manager Security Benefit today signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the fund company Rydex Investments for an undisclosed amount...

CFP Board Needs Volunteers For Financial Planning Clinic

The CFP Board will hold its free Financial Planning Clinic on Saturday, August 4, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Boston...

MetLife To Reach Out To African Americans

    MetLife will boost its staff of financial planners and other financial service representatives by 780, or nearly 10%, within the next three years to serve the African American...

Foundation For Financial Planning Gets A Financial Boost

   The nonprofit Foundation for Financial Planning, which helps people who normally don't have access to financial planning services, this week received a $100,000 donation from...

Schwab Drops PortfolioCenter Relationship Manager in Favor of Junxure

Schwab Performance Technologies today announced a new relationship with CRM Software, a leader in customer relationship solutions for financial advisors, that will include a transition of existing...

Alternative Energy Interest High Among U.S. Investor

   In the United States, energy advocates for years have divided into two camps over alternative energy fuels: Those who think wind, solar energy, biofuels, geothermal energy and...

BondDesk Offers E*TRADE Easier Access to Auction Rate Securities

    BondDesk Group, a leading odd-lot fixed-income electronic trading platform and provider of software solutions to the securities industry, recently announced it will begin...

ETFs May Lose Some Appeal In 401(k) Plans

    Exchange-traded funds have been a glittering success for the fund industry; but in 401(k) accounts, they may lose much of their luster for investors...

CFP Board Finalizes Fiduciary And Disclosure Ethics

After a long and arduous process, the CFP Board announced today at a press conference that it had approved the final version of its revised ethical standards, making it explicit that the nearly...

Wachovia Sees A.G. Edwards Deal As A Means To Reach Wealthy

   Wachovia's acquisition of brokerage A.G. Edwards Inc. will give the banking firm more access to wealthy individuals and retirees, Wachovia Corp...

Education Requirements Most Common For Heirs

   The knowledge that trillions of dollars will be conveyed from the first of the baby boomer generation to their heirs within the next decade is prompting financial planners to...

Advisors Less Confident About Economy, Stock Market

   A number of economic factors are combining to make financial advisors more pessimistic about the immediate future of the investment world, according to a recently released survey...

TD Ameritrade To Buy Fiserve RIA Operations

   TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. has agreed to acquire Fiserv Trust Co...

Bono, Wynn To Speak At Schwab Impact

U2 lead singer Bono, Wynn Resorts CEO Stephen Wynn and NewsweekInternational editor Fareed Zakaria will be the keynote speakers at thisyear¹s Schwab Impact conference at The Mandalay Bay...

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...