The Foundation for Financial Planning has awarded a
$100,000 emergency grant to the Financial Planning Association for the
creation of hurricane relief services...
Fidelity Investments has launched a multi-asset-class fund that is focused on outpacing inflation...
Adhesion Technologies, a firm known
primarily as a supplier of account aggregation technologies to larger
financial institutions, recently announced the release of the...
An advisory firm has launched a new separately managed account product that is composed entirely of ETFs...
Just as they did after the September 11 attacks,
advisors are rallying to provide pro bono services to victims of
Hurricane Katrina...
Many advisors are succeeding in increasing revenues,
but failing to make the operational changes needed to keep up with the
growth, according to a new study...
Fidelity Investments has added new features to its
Advisor 401(k) platform-an effort, it says, to allow advisors to
compete more effectively...
Investigo today announced a deal with
Ameritrade Advisor Services whereby Ameritrade will offer Investigo's
Web-based data consolidation and reporting software to...
As the leading edge of the baby boomer generation
approaches the age of 60, boomers are growing more worried about their
retirement prospects, according to a new survey...
About a third of working adults say they will delay
their retirement plans-with many saying they need extra working years
to save for retirement or retain health benefits...
Harold W. Gourgues, an advisor, author and Catholic
deacon regarded as one of the pioneers of modern financial planning,
has died at the age of 68...
MassMutual Financial Group has launched an online
seminar series specifically focused on women and their financial issues...
Intuit Inc. plans to unveil a new
Web-based portfolio management application for financial professionals
at the upcoming FPA San Diego 2005 National Conference...
Apartment units
have been among the weakest areas of the REIT market in recent years,
but at least one firm sees a turnaround on the horizon...
The America College has introduced a new designation
that focuses on the financial planning needs of senior citizens...
American citizens who travel to foreign countries
say they're more concerned about suffering a medical emergency in another
country than they are of falling victim to a...
Broker-dealers lean toward stinginess when it comes
to supporting their advisors' marketing and practice management needs,
according to a new survey...
Rex Sinquefield, who 24 years ago co-founded
Dimensional Fund Advisors and served as its co-chair and chairman of
investment policy, will retire at the end of the year, the fund...
Global fund managers feel U.S. short-term interest
rates need to rise to almost 4% on average to achieve neutrality,
according to a new survey...
Targeting specific markets will become increasingly
important for advisors as the baby boomer generation continues to age,
according to a new report...
