FA News

FPA Teams On Life Planning Web Site

   The Financial Planning Association has teamed up with the National Endowment for Financial Education to create an online life-stages financial planning tool...

Study: Bankruptcy Law Hurts Consumers

   A new report claims that recent revisions in the federal bankruptcy laws have made bankruptcy more costly and complicated-worsening situations for consumers who are facing...

Morningstar Launches Dividend Leader Index

   Morningstar Inc. has launched an index that allows income-focused investors to prioritize dividend yield...

AST Trust Purchases Capital Trust

    AST Trust Company, a division of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, has acquired Capital Trust Co...

Schwab: No Falloff In Hedge Fund Interest

    Interest in hedge fund investing has cooled somewhat over the past two years, but Schwab Institutional says its advisors have steadily steered client money into its hedge fund...

Morningstar Added To TD Waterhouse Platform

    TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is offerings its institutional services clients access to a branded version of Morningstar's Advisor Workstation...

FPA To Hold Retreat In Scottsdale, Ariz.

   The Financial Planning Association has announced its annual retreat will be held in Scottsdale, Ariz...

Intuit Poised to Release PortfolioMinder

   Intuit Inc. announced today that PortfolioMinder, their new Web-based portfolio management service, will be available to independent financial advisors before the end of...

Robert Hewitt Dies

   Robert Hewitt, one of the first generation of financial planners who served as president and chairman of the former International Association For Financial Planning...

Ex-SEC Chief: Merrill Rule Isn't 'End Game'

   The so-called "Merrill Lynch" rule that took effect last week and exempts certain brokers from the full set of responsibilities that registered investment advisors must...

Ex-Regulator Marvels At Wirehouse Blunder

   Tomorrow the so-called "Merrill Lynch" rule exempting brokers marketing fee-based accounts from crucial aspects of Registered Investment Advisor regulation becomes effective...

Sontag Expands To Connecticut

    Sontag Advisory, among the largest independent advisory firms on the East Coast, has expanded to Westport, Conn...

Globally Speaking, American Workers Plan Well

    Countless studies have reaffirmed the fact that Americans are lagging when it comes to retirement planning...

Advisor Confidence Drops In 2006

    Advisors have started the New Year off with concerns about the economy, according to a recent survey...

CRM to Launch Client Reporting Portal

   CRM Software, the developers of Junxure-the CRM, office management, and office automation software for financial advisors-is developing a new software package named...

CRM Prepares to Launch Client Reporting Portal

   CRM Software, the developers of Junxure-I, the CRM, office management, and office automation software for financial advisors is in the process of developing a new...

iNation Teams With Albridge, Laser App

   iNation, the creators of NationBuilder, the Web-based CRM/email portal for financial professionals, recently announced two strategic alliances designed to enhance the...

FPA To Update Members On Broker Exemption

   The Financial Planning Association is offering its members an online update on the status of the broker-dealer exemption rule to the Investment Adviser's Act of 1940...

Schwab Offers Advisors Paperless Statements

   Schwab Institutional is offering its independent fee-based advisor clients two tools that can replace paper account statements...

Sports Advisors Hold First Conference

   The fledgling Sports Financial Advisors Association is holdings its inaugural national conference in Woodlands, Texas, this month...