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Advisors Await Word On New Privacy Regulations

   Now that the comment period for the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed amendments to Regulation S-P has ended, financial advisors are left wondering how much...

REITs Continue Comeback

   The real estate investment trust (REIT) sector continues to rebound from its miserable performance in 2007, with returns that handily beat the major equity indexes through the...

Fidelity Taps Pershing Exec As New RIA Product Development Chief

   Fidelity Investments yesterday named Ronald P. Fiske Jr...

Uncertainty Among Mass Affluent Spells Opportunity For Advisors

   A lot of folks are reaching retirement age burdened by concerns about the economy and their investments and many have no financial plan to guide them, according to Spectrem's...

Prominent Planning Professionals Blast CFP Board

   Prominent financial planners criticized the CFP Board at a luncheon this week for its lack of communication, not only when it made changes that led to the resignation of key...

Greenspan: Recession Still Likely

   Despite a string of government economic reports indicating that the economy is not as weak as many had predicted earlier this year, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan...

Financial Planning Students Opt For Boutique Firms

If a recent survey of students enrolled in Texas Tech University's financial planning program is any indication, much of the next generation of financial advisors want to steer clear of traditional...

Higher Energy Prices Aren't A Gas

Looks like the bite of higher fuel prices is finally leaving its teeth marks on the collective public, with a sizable chunk of people cutting back on gas usage and curtailing summer vacation...

SEC Auditing More RIAs

   The U.S...

Families Financially Ill-Prepared For College

   Parents of this year's high school seniors have saved only 13% on average of the estimated $100,000 needed to pay for their child's four-year college education, says Fidelity...

Firm Owned By 130 Advisory Firms Names CEO

National Advisors Trust announced it named Ronald Ferguson as the organization's new chief executive officer. Based in Overland Park, Kan...

Annuities Gain More Acceptance

   Many financial advisors consider annuities to be a dirty word, but these investment vehicles are playing a growing role in retirement planning and are projected to reach $2...

Slow Economy Impact Affluent Boomers

   Although there are some variations based on gender and geography, affluent baby boomers are being hit hard by the economic slowdown and are making changes in their...

U.S. Home Prices Suffer Record Drop In Q1

The country's home prices fell 1...

CFP Board Picks Five Members For Discipline And Ethics Commission

CFP Board Picks Five Members For Discipline And Ethics CommissionThe Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards on Tuesday chose five new members for its Discipline and Ethics...

Kochis Fitz/Quintile Becomes Aspiriant

Kochis Fitz/Quintile, the wealth management giant that formed earlier this year after the merger of two California firms, announced Monday that it changed its name to Aspiriant...

Lassus Named NAPFA's Chairperson

 Diahann Lassus, president of the Lassus Wherley, a wealth management firm in New Providence, N.J...

CFP Certification To Get Tougher

   Educational standards for Certified Financial Planners will be reviewed, upgraded and enforced by a new board, the Council on Education, being created by the Certified Financial...

Economy Causing More Boomers To Consult Advisors

   The vast majority of baby boomers and their parents are deeply concerned about the current economy and the future and many are seeking outside advice, says a new survey by AARP of...

Retirement Savings Hit $17.6 Trillion

   American retirement assets grew 6.7% in 2007, according to the mutual funds trade group Investment Company Institute...