by Gail Liberman
The fee-based/fee-only RIA models are the practices of choice for high-end advisors with an entrepreneurial spirit.
by Raymond Fazzi
Compliance issues can be a challenge for someone switching from a wirehouse to an independent advisor platform.
Genworth Creates Wealth Management Division
Genworth Financial Inc...
by Mary Rowland
Wirehouse teams find they have a readymade base to go independent.
Fidelity Offers Dual Business Platform
Financial planners who handle both fee and commission business will have a new platform to integrate their work...
CFP Board's New Conduct Standards
The financial advisory industry is always changing, and so are efforts to govern the way it's practiced...
by Mary Rowland
Many readers told me my April column was off. I'll keep trying if you keep complaining.
by David Lawrence
The SEC is looking at adopting standards for electronic record-keeping.
by Mary Rowland
Morningstar's Don Phillips likes ETFs, but thinks the business is
doing too much trend chasing.
by Tracey Longo
Top independent broker-dealers are helping advisors win bigger clients.
Clients Ticked Off At Their Advisors
The economic and investing hard times that began last summer have taken a toll on the collective psyche of...
by Michael C. Keenan
Advisors need to be more aware of implicit transaction costs.
by
Evan Simonoff
BlackRock's Peter Fisher and Scott Amero discuss where we are headed.
Tumult At CFP Board's Ethics Commission
After the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards enacted changes to both the member selection process...
Former Fed Vice Chair Reflects On Financial System Slump
It's the recovery, stupid. Forget all the endless talk about a recession...
by Tracey Longo
Spire Investment Partners is attracting far-flung groups of breakaway
brokers to the advisory firm.
Fiduciary Network Buys Stake In Brouwer, Janachowski
Fiduciary Network has purchased a minority equity position in Brouwer, Janachowski & Co...
by
Jeff Schlegel
United Capital's Joe Duran must see ways to improve an advisory firm's business before he offers to buy it.
by Tracey Longo
It seems that everywhere you turn, former brokers are launching their own fee-only firms.
Pershing Makes Inroads With Independent Advisors
Smart investment advisors will triple their assets in the next four years, according to a new report from Pershing...
