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July 1, 2008
Jim Grote |
The Matchmaker A financial planner proposes a merger to a large regional accounting firm. Read on to hear how their marriage is working out.   |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
On The Job Lincoln Financial Group in Philadelphia has promoted Terry Mullen to president... National Financial Partners in New York has appointed James Gelder... etc. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010 |
On The Job People: Cetera Financial Group has hired Susan Thederas its chief marketing officer... New York Life Retirement Plan Services has hired Rachel Rice as director of web strategy... Insured Retirement Institute adds executives to board of directors... |
Investment Advisor
June 2007 |
Changes The CFP Board named Kevin Keller as its CEO... FAF Advisors, Inc. has named Frank Wheeler as its new head of distribution... T. Rowe Price Group has appointed Cynthia Egan as president of T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services... etc. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
On the Job The Financial Planning Association in Denver has named attorney Daniel Barry as director of government relations... First Allied Securities in San Diego has hired Keith Gregg... Morningstar in Chicago appoints Kunal Kapoor as president of Investment Services division... etc. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Elson et al. |
Hot Topics Rosy outlook for advisory firms... Changes coming for ce credit... Retirement sweet spot... |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
On The Job AXA Advisors has promoted Andrew McMahon to chairman... Boston-based Fidelity Investments has hired Jylanne Dunne... etc. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2013
Ann Marsh |
New Risks For Advisors? A recent CFP Board sanction highlights the challenge for planners in identifying where they stand amid the range of compensation models. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Jennifer A. Liptow |
On the Job Mark Davis has joined the Washington staff of the Financial Planning Association... John Hancock Life Insurance in Boston has appointed William J. Cuff... New York Life Insurance has appointed Janett C. Greenberg... etc. |
Financial Advisor
May 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
New Clients, Anyone? Some advisors are turning the worst bear market in decades into a growth opportunity. Here's how they're doing it. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
On the Job Mitch Waters has joined AXA Distributors in New York as national sales manager... The AIG Advisor Group in New York has tapped Larry Roth as the broker-dealer unit's chief executive officer... etc. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2012 |
Who's News UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired four financial advisor teams... Ameriprise Financial has hired Charles Hart... Barclays has hired John Houlihan as a director and regional manager... |
Financial Advisor
July 2004 |
Commonwealth Offers Retirement Plans For Small Businesses and More Each plan type has no proprietary requirements and is available in both single and multi-fund platforms... NewRiver Launches FundPOINT Desktop... Bear, Stearns System For Advisors... Standard & Poor's Bond Pricing Service... etc. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Karen DeMasters |
CFP Board May Increase CE Requirements CFP licensees would have to obtain 10 additional hours of continuing education every two years, according to proposals being considered by the CFP Board of Standards. |
Financial Advisor
December 2010
Jeff Schlegel |
Opening The Doors The industry needs to attract younger advisors, but do opportunities exist? |
Wall Street & Technology
March 21, 2006
Cory Levine |
Alix Assumes Risk at Bear Stearns As part of a restructuring of its risk management operations, Bear Stearns promoted Michael Alix to the newly created role of chief risk officer. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Tracey Longo |
Swimming Upstream California investment advisor John Threlkeld has been working diligently to serve wealthier and wealthier investors, even purchasing two other advisors' practices and turning all but his top clients over to a junior planner. |
Financial Advisor
August 2012
Karen DeMasters |
The Great Migration Though they aren't moving as fast as they were a few years ago, advisors are still in play for independent broker-dealers. |
Registered Rep.
February 26, 2013
Diana Britton |
Comings and Goings: March 2013 Independent broker/dealer NFP Advisor Services Group has tapped Dan Schwamb... David Lynn has joined Cole Real Estate Investments... Financial advisor Kevin Robertson has joined Merrill Lynch... |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
News & Products NASD has fined two Fidelity broker/dealers for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature... The broker/dealers of ING plan to lower fees that their advisors pay on two core advisory programs... etc. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
David Lawrence |
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers? |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
Anywhere But Here No, you didn't want to be a financial advisor at Bear Stearns during the week of March 10. That was the week that news broke about Bear's serious liquidity problems, and the week it had to be bailed out. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: SOX and You Sarbanes-Oxley may affect advisors in unlikely ways. When delving into the specifics of the Act, financial advisors should focus on Title 11. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005 |
Frontline News AICPA Joins FPA In Opposing Exemption For Brokers... Heads Roll At CFP Board As Up To 25% Of Staff Gets Axed... American Express Spinning Off Advisors Unit... Board Of Standards Disciplines 23... etc. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Board Member Today; CEO Tomorrow The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2012
Kenneth Corbin |
Raising the CFP Profile: CEO Kevin Keller Discusses Enforcement CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller talks about enforcing the fiduciary standard and building the image of the profession. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2011 |
The Leaders Speak The most influential leaders in wealth management today expound on evolution, revolution, moving the debate past wirehouse versus independent, and more. |
Registered Rep.
March 24, 2008
Halah Touryalai |
Will Dimon Offer Retention Package To Coveted Bear Advisors? JP Morgan's chief may have asked rival firms to back off from hiring Bear Stearns advisors, but that doesn't mean competitors have stopped offering recruiting deals to anxious Bear reps. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks Or a funny thing happened on the way to The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Bob Veres |
Power Plays The recent Financial Planners Association luncheon allowed attendees to voice their concerns to a panel that included newly installed CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller. |
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2011
Philip Palaveev |
How To Handle An Imploding Broker/Dealer As we watch one independent broker/dealer after another succumb to regulatory action, financial problems or consolidation, many advisors are questioning the security of their very livelihoods. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca |
Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Melanie Waddell |
On a Mission A conversation with Kevin Keller, in which he promises that his second year as the CFP Board CEO will be even more fruitful than his first. |
Registered Rep.
March 18, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
New CFP Curriculum Daunts Instructors The Certified Financial Planner designation is about to become more challenging to obtain. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
What if Bank One Bought Bear Stearns? Sean Ryan, the former Bear Stearns bank stock analyst who now is an analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners, a securities brokerage firm, is reporting rumors that Bank One is considering buying Bear Stearns. This rumor probably is as baseless as most, but the idea may not be a bad one... |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Goldman's New Golden Boy? Fortune magazine reports there's a 50-50 chance Alan Schwartz -- Bear Stearns' CEO at the time of collapse -- will be Goldman Sachs' newest investment banking employee. |
Financial Advisor
February 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Frontline News Broker-Dealer View On Regulation... Tax (Saving) Season Is Here... Credit Crisis May Hurt Wealth Management... ChFC Requirements Get Tougher... |
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2006
John Churchill |
Bear Stearns Fined $250 Million for Securities Fraud The SEC's investigation found that from 1999 through September 2003, the firm provided technology, advice and deceptive devices that helped market timers and late traders evade the firm's own systems as well as those of mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Still Bullish on This Bear Although fixed income could be a tougher market next year, Bear Stearns has other ways to grow. Investors, take note. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012 |
CFP Board Shortens Certification Time The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards last month said it's amending its regulations to shorten the time needed to qualify for CFP certification from three years to two if the person has two years of experience. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008 |
Upgrades The year-old Rydex Managed Futures Strategy Fund has attracted approximately $400 million in assets... Bear Stearns Asset Management launched the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund... Sun Life Financial announced several new investment options... |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
Jennifer Woods Burke |
Gotcha! Audits Get Tougher This year, the SEC and FINRA launched a webinar for firms detailing their expectations and reaffirming that whether a firm is large or small, regulators expect the same level of diligence when it comes to audits. |
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2008 |
Bear's Q1 Earnings Bad, But Retail Did Well Bear Stearns can't seem to go down quietly. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Angela Herbers |
Barring the Door How to stop training your (future) competition. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012 |
It's A Trust Thing People trust their financial advisor more than their primary doctor, according to a recent survey of investors by John Hancock Financial. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008 |
About Those Resignations An interview with the CEO of the CFP Board's Disciplinary and Ethics Commission, about the recent resignation of the Board's certificant members. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Kathleen M. McBride |
What Lurks Beneath There are many registered independent advisors and broker/dealers for whom the Bear Stearns debacle is much more than an academic exercise. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Bear Stearns: Ouch! Many investors expected it to be a nasty quarter for investment bank Bear Stearns, and a nasty quarter is what they got. |
