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Financial Advisor
June 2008 |
Advisor Emporium News: National Financial Launches Self-Clearing Unit... Payden & Rygel Create Equity Fund... Phoenix Creates Low-Cost Annuity... Russell Launches New Fund For Retirees... Wasatch Advisors Re-opens Popular Funds... ALPS Launches New Insurance Products...   |
Financial Advisor
December 2005 |
Advisor Emporium Impact Technologies Launches Retirement Planning System... Vanguard Standardizes Fund Minimum Requirements... Life Settlement Tool Introduced... Goldman Sachs Launches Fund... Three New Funds In Jefferson National's Monument Advisor... etc. |
Financial Advisor
August 2008 |
Frontline News News for the financial industry: Alliance Creates New Retirement Option... Direxion Launches Two New Funds... Genworth Launches IRA Variable Annuity... Paperless Account Opening Offered... Jefferson National Expands VA Offerings... Vanguard Introduces New Index Fund... |
Financial Advisor
March 2007
Raymond Fazzi |
Annuities Anew No-load variable annuities begin to attract interest among fee-based advisors. |
Registered Rep.
May 18, 2010
Alan Lavine |
No-Load Annuities Gain Momentum As more wirehouse registered reps join RIAs or start their own, as income tax rates rise, and as Baby Boomers continue their march into retirement, expect investments in no-load variable annuities to grow. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Two Firms Target Fee-Only Advisors... Arrow Launches New Fund... HardAssetsInvestor.com Offers New Tools... PowerShares Offers New Bond Portfolios... etc. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Paul Menchaca |
Post-Boom It is no secret that as investors continue their flight to safety, the variable annuity boom has at least deflated, if not entirely gone bust. More conservative retirement products are now in favor. |
Financial Advisor
July 6, 2010 |
Advisor Emporium Calvert Foundation Launches Community Fund... Jefferson National Adds New Investments... Fidelity Launches Corporate Bond Fund... Nuveen Offers Diversified Fund... more... |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2008
Elizabeth Wine |
Seeking Unsexy Annuities Annuities have received a bad rap of late for their high fees and confusing contracts. But as other investments tank, clients are once again looking for guaranteed income streams from their portfolios. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Gail Liberm |
Aiming For Advisors New annuity products and platforms are being designed to appeal to fee-only advisors. |
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Online Rate Comparisons Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co., The Hartford and Protective Life have joined forces to launch the Insurance Online Network, a free, Web-based platform that provides brokers, dealers and bankers with online term life insurance quotes. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Tracey Longo |
Living Long, Living Well A handful of insurers and advisors have been touting "longevity insurance" for several years now -- an income annuity-based product they hoped would catch fire with retirees frightened of going broke. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Pershing Pushing For RIA Business Pershing LLC is aggressively pursuing opportunities in the registered investment advisor (RIA) market segment, and has renamed its key advisor support group as part this new push, company officials said. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008 |
Frontline News News for the Financial Industry: Tumult Could Expand Ranks Of RIAs... M&A Activity Remains Healthy... Independent B-Ds: Don't Tread On Us... Who Has The Most Satisfied Advisors?... The Business Of Serving Business Owners... etc. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
The Best of Both Worlds Is the line between funds and annuities disappearing? Not yet; regulators and corporate bureaucracies insist on separating the two investments. But in the next decade, the distinctions could blur. |
Financial Advisor
July 2006 |
Advisor Emporium The Potomac Funds Changes "Direxion"... Fidelity Launches Value International Fund... Vanguard Offers New Retirement Funds... Support Platform For SMAs Introduced... etc. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Nancy Opiela |
Love, Life...Insurance In general, life and health insurance are subjects financial advisors discuss reluctantly and infrequently. But they're tools that are essential to wealth management. |
Financial Advisor
November 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Pershing Offers New Analytical Tools... Restricted Stock... Partnership Provides Retirement Income Plans... Document Firm Digitalizes Handwriting... etc. |
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
The Annuity In Winter Can variable annuities gain some luster after a horrible year in the fund world? |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives: Russel Investment Group has launched its Managed Account Strategies platform... Insurance: Jefferson National has launched Monument Advisor... Mutual Funds: Fidelity Investments has launched the Strategic Real Return Fund... etc. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005 |
Advisor Emporium DTCC Forms Alternative Investment Advisory Committee... Waterhouse Issues Guide To Help Registered Reps Become RIAs... John Hancock Launches Succession Planning Sales Tool Kit... etc. |
Financial Advisor
July 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Pershing Launches Managed Account Network... John Hancock Adds Allocation Options... Matrix Buys Interest In Research Firm... etc. |
Financial Advisor
September 2004
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Are the Times Changing? A new study shows that 75% of advisors say they provide a written plan for their clients' retirement planning. Read on to see more specifically what they are doing. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Andrew Gluck |
The Best Software You Might Never Own Smaller advisory offices face tough choices about what they will pay for their portfolio management programs. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives... Insurance... Mutual Funds... Practice Tools... |
Financial Advisor
May 2007
Eric Rasmussen |
What's New At The Custodian Custodians are continuing to offer new services for fee-only planners in their efforts to woo RIAs. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Alan Lavine |
Tough Business Major players exit variable annuities, but VA sales are up overall. |
Financial Advisor
July 2004 |
Problems Cited In Broker-Dealers' Variable Insurance Sales and More The newly released study comes as the NASD is proposing new rules governing the sale of deferred variable annuities... Board Of Standards Increases CFP Certification Fee... Technology Continues To Frustrate Advisors, FPA Study Says... etc. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
A Push For Lifetime Income Variable annuity providers hope to jump-start their business by selling security to worried baby boomers. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Knowing Their Worth Many advisors are squeamish about taking anything other than a flat percentage fee for assets under management. |
Financial Advisor
October 2011 |
Advisor Emporium Commonwealth Launches New Management System... Lincoln Enhances Series Of Funds... ByAllAccounts And Redtail Form Partnership... etc. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2010
Elizabeth Wine |
Variable Annuities Are Down but Not Out Variable annuities had a tough 2008 and 2009 like everybody else. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Jefferson National Offers Annuities Tool... Allianz Life Introduces Annuity Series... PowerShares ETF Listed On NYSE... etc. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2011
Diana Britton |
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Andrew Gluck |
The Gluck Report, Part I: Second Act A Techfi pioneer returns with new portfolio management software: although Rob Major has some work to do over the next year or two to make AssetBook a viable competitor, there's a good chance he can overcome the hurdles. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2005
Janet Arrowood |
The Great Insurance Race Given all the benefits that insurance can deliver to both registered reps and clients, an increasing number of reps are deciding it's worth the effort. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Bob Clark |
Part of the Solution For financial advisors, a fund you run yourself (with help) can solve some thorny issues. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Pershing Launches ETC Information Center... Curian Capital Creates Diversification Platform... MassMutual Increases Retirement Offerings... etc. |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Raymond Fazzi |
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
Soapbox: How to Restore Trust If we want advisors to act in the best interest of clients, there should be a compensation system that offers them incentives them to do so. |
Financial Advisor
August 2010
Raymond Fazzi |
Looking To Streamline Now that they've experienced the harsh consequences of poor business management, fee-based advisors are looking to their custodians and broker-dealers for all the help they can get. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Tracey Longo |
Making The Grade With Variable Annuity Exchanges With the creation of one-shot wrinkle reducers like Botox, battery-operated automobiles and cloned humans, can a world where there is no need to replace variable annuities be far off? |
Registered Rep.
July 8, 2015
Jerry Gleeson |
No Slowing RIA Growth In the financial advisory industry there are potential regulatory burdens, fickle investors, and crafty competitors -- but nothing has changed the relentless march of the registered investment advisor space since the 2008 crash. |
Financial Advisor
November 2007
William Glasgall |
Income For Life? Well, We Hope So. A look at new products that are supposed to create "personal pensions" for your clients: Dividends Galore With ETFs... Mutual Funds Aim For Payouts... Advisors Warm To Immediate Annuities... etc. |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Tracey Longo |
All For Advisors Brokerage executives are doing their best to deliver the tools advisors need to move their business to the next level, while still remaining efficient. That includes streamlined technology, investment and rebalancing selections, outsourcing, practice management and business development assistance. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Taking Care of Business A survey this year by REP./Wealth Management.com shows how RIA attitudes differ from those among advisors in other channels. |
Financial Advisor
June 2005
Raymond Fazzi |
VUL Sales Rebound After Prolonged Slowdown Companies hope that new features of variable universal life insurance will overcome buyers' concerns. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca |
Annuities From Bust to Boom With roughly 76 million baby boomers set to retire, the insurance industry could be poised to significantly grow its annuity market. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Rebooting Advent The technology company is re-establishing its reputation as an innovator and improving its image with RIAs. |
