Ameriprise Financial Inc. of Minneapolis has agreed to
sell its defined contribution recordkeeping business to Wachovia Corp.,
the companies announced today...
Rydex Investments has sent a letter to advisors with clients who have invested in its SphinX fund telling them that Rydex has decided to fully repay funds frozen or lost as a...
For financial advisors with an eye on the affluent market, the time seems to be ripe for finding new clients...
Fidelity Investments announced an upgrade in its Channel platform and continued growth in its RIA business...
Filling what it says is a void in the financial services industry,
Rydex Investments has launched an alternative investment training
program for advisors...
Financial planners are volunteering their time to
help military people with the financial wounds they've suffered in
recent years...
Whether it be a case of bullishness or bullheadedness, money managers
say they remain optimistic about large-cap growth, according to a new
survey...
Thousands of advisors have taken steps to broaden their knowledge of alternative investments...
High school students continue to lack a full understanding of key
financial concepts, but their financial literacy is improving-albeit
slowly...
Lynn Hopewell, a former CIA officer
whose ideas pioneered the development of retirement planning software,
died on March 28 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia...
Financial Profiles has announced the
release of its much anticipated Universal Desktop Application (UDA),
the new platform containing its planning and needs analysis tools...
SunGard recently announced an upgrade
to PlanningStation, their browser-based financial modeling and planning
solution for financial advisors...
Investors' desire to invest with their conscience, as well as their
money, is on the rise, according to a new report...
Advisors are paying more attention to their clients' property/casualty
and liability insurance needs, according to a new survey...
Tiburon Strategic Advisors Principal Chip Roame will kick off the
firm's 10th annual CEO summit next month with an address on the state
of the financial services industry...
Fidelity Investments has introduced a tool that helps reps plan out the transition to an RIA practice.
The online guide
is available at ria.fidelity...
The Financial Planning Association says its annual
retreat this year will focus on "both the art and science" of financial
planning...
Industry experts seem to agree that the demand for financial advice is
running high, but people's willingness to follow the advice may be
another matter...
The lack of retirement planning on the part of
affluent baby boomers continues to be an area of potential
opportunities for advisors, according to a recent survey...
Financial Advisor is launching a special annual
ranking of independent advisory firms that offer financial planning and
related services along with investment management...
