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Wall Street & Technology December 18, 2007 Les Kovach |
Retirees Seldom Move Assets A new report suggests that once retirees have entrusted their assets with certain firms, they tend to stay there. |
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. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Savita Iyer |
Still Not Ready Although they might be confident in their savings for retirement, when it comes crunch time, many affluent retirees and pre-retirees find themselves ill equipped because they do not have an adequate retirement plan in place, according to a recent survey. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Kara P. Stapleton |
Retirement News & Products Recent research by the Investment Company Institute found that despite a 40% drop in the U.S. stock markets, the vast majority of U.S. workers who invest for retirement via 401(k) plans are staying the course. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall |
Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper - A Balancing Act When constructing a retirement income solution, advisors must weigh subjective factors such as the client's individual risk tolerance and the desire to leave assets to heirs. |
U.S. Banker September 2001 Louis Hernandez Jr. |
The Boom Beneath the Bust: Internet Strategies to Win Banks need to know how to maneuver within cyberspace... |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Crisis Hits Middle-Class Retirees Hard In the last six months of 2008, the financial future of retirees and pre-retirees took a huge blow. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Today's Business Owner A new study shows that business owners represent 37% of high net worth households and nearly one-third of retirees. These wealthy entrepreneurs present unique challenges to advisors. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr |
Help From My Friends Here are some of the most important issues to consider when working with a financial institution. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
Who's Planning? A study by Boston-based AiteGroup found that only 18% of independent advisors make financial planning the center of their practice. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
More Plans for All A universal fiduciary standard could be great for consumers, but financial planners may get less benefit than they think. |
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
Rep-as-Portfolio Manager Programs Taking Off Despite the compliance hurdles, more than one third of financial advisors see direct handling of clients' assets by FAs acting as their portfolio managers clearly outpacing other fee-based management styles in the next three years. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Larry Barrett |
The Reality of Health Care Costs Too many Americans are counting on Medicare to pay for a high portion of their health care costs in retirement. Too many pre-retirees are either ignoring or underestimating the advice they could be receiving from a financial advisor. |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Investors Don't Understand Retirement Income Providers of income securities for retirees and those close to retiring may have their work cut out for them. |
Financial Advisor November 2012 |
Majority Of Gens X And Y Expect To Retire Before 65 Among people more than 10 years away from retirement a majority of both Gen Xers and Gen Yers expect to retire before age 65, while only a minority of young baby boomers believe they'll be able to call it a day before 65. |
Wall Street & Technology April 14, 2006 |
Leaky Online Channels Financial institutions are losing business as a result of sales leakage in their online channels, according to a new study from Aite Group that surveyed U.S. institutions' ability to respond to online inquiries from prospects. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Catch Up How financial advisors can meet the challenge of keeping pace with their clients' retirement needs in a changing world. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Jack W. Callahan |
Embrace Change Advisors have to adapt their practices to accommodate retiring clients. |
Registered Rep. April 7, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
Report : Wealth Management Firms To Jack Up CRM Spend Wealth management firms are expected to invest heavily in customer relationship management technology over the next three years, according to a new report from Aite Group. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Bust of Boom? Financial advisors need to adjust their practices as baby boomer clients age. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse If a new survey is to be believed, advisors who help their clients with retirement planning -- and that's most of you -- will soon face a difficult choice: Change the way you service clients or watch your profits shrink. |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Kristen French |
The Way We'll Be While it's clear how the financial services industry got here, it's not so easy to predict where we're going. Here's a look at three major forces that will likely shape the industry over the next five to 20 years: The Age of Retirement... The Margin Squeeze... RIA Revolution... |
Bank Systems & Technology December 21, 2009 Melanie Rodier |
Banks To Increase Focus And Budgets On Online Banking in 2010 A new report from Aite Group reveals that executives will increase their budgets for online banking next year. |
Registered Rep. July 26, 2011 John Aidan Byrne |
Online Brokerages Still Grabbing Market Share From Wirehouses Online brokerages continue to take market share from the wirehouses, according to a new report. |
Wall Street & Technology April 26, 2007 |
Online Brokerage Customers Can Be Fickle More Than 20 Percent of Online Brokerage Users Are Considering Changing Brokers Online brokerage tools play a significant factor in retaining existing clients, a new report notes. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
Social Value A joint study of 144 registered investment advisors by Pershing Advisor Solutions and Aite Group offers evidence that social media is more than an afterthought for advisors. Instead, it's a useful tool for reaching potential customers. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
5 Questions with Melaine Kimmel Five questions about Kaplan Financial, which provides education and compliance solutions for financial professionals, advisors, agents, registered reps, and their supervisors. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Ivanova & Kahler |
The ABCs Of Retirees To meet the needs of retiree clients, financial advisors will need to beef up their knowledge not only of investment-related retirement issues, but also non-investment areas. |
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 |
Keeping Up In An Evolving Space Scalability. Profit pressures. Self-directed investing. Increased use of mobile applications. These are some of the trends to watch in the financial advisor industry in coming months. |
Registered Rep. September 27, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Want More Prospecting Time? Integrate Your Tech, Study Says The cost of inefficient technology integration at registered investment advisor practices may be more than you would think. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg |
The Retiring Kind Keeping the loyalty of retirees is urgent business for fund companies. Retaining retirees is particularly crucial for Fidelity. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kristen French |
It's Triage Time There are millions of baby boomers zooming toward retirement who have vastly underestimated their future financial needs. In other words, for financial advisors and their clients, it's triage time. |
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 John Papadopulos |
The Harsh Reality Of The 30-Year Retirement Many people just don't think about longevity risk and income planning, and some never even consider the risk that the money they save for retirement might not be enough to sustain them for the rest of their lives. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 |
Frontline News Independent Threat To Wirehouses Mushrooms... Seven Million Americans Working After Retirement... Retirement Income Association Is Formed... Most Americans Don't Know Investment Basics, Study Finds... etc. |
Financial Advisor April 1, 2010 |
Frontline News Advisor news: Is Your Client's Private Info Secure?... Hybrid Brokerages Shine Light On New Space... CFP Aspirants Need A Plan... Wanted: Silver Bullet For Retirement Income... more... |
On Wall Street October 1, 2010 |
Letters Most people think that health care reform will solve many of the problems facing retirees and people about to retire. Nothing could be further from the truth. Financial advisors need to be prepared to talk about health care costs. |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
Financial Predators Does your financial advisor care more about your retirement, or his? Look for a broker with whom you can trust and has beat a relevant benchmark after fees and taxes over a three-year period. |
Bank Technology News October 2008 Anthony Malakian |
CRM the Top Priority Looking to grab marketshare, many institutions plan to throw money at customer relationship management and sales automation solutions over the next two years. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 Scott Wenger |
Looking to the Future: Securities America Wants to be a Leader in Retirement Income Distribution The author has a question and answer session with Securities America CEO Jim Nagengast |
Registered Rep. November 30, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
Report: Merrill Edge Threatens Online and Regional Brokers, Not Its Own FAs A new report by research firm Aite Group this week, sees Bank of America Merrill Lynch's recently expanded online brokerage business -- as a serious challenge to the online business of powerhouses such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse Financial planners are working hard to meet the needs of their retiring clients. But according to a recent survey, they might be doing so at their own expense. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Four Planners Who Get It: Chuck Robertson Due to higher taxes and greater longevity, today's retirees, particularly baby boomers, face a more challenging retirement than previous generations. Here's what financial advisors can do to help. |
Investment Advisor December 2006 |
The Retirement Education Revolution As more planners look to serve the baby boomer generation, they are beginning to integrate retirement education into their financial planning practices through workshops, newsletters, content on their Web sites, and free consultations. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Elizabeth D. Festa |
Institutional Approach for Individuals As a senior financial advisor, Leon James applies the quantitative analysis and strategic asset allocation used with his institutional clients to individuals who are retiring. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2014 Diana Britton |
Investors Prefer Holistic Advice, CFP Board Says Contrary to the prevailing belief in this industry that it pays to focus on a niche market, investors actually prefer to work with an advisor who can discuss all areas of their life. |
Registered Rep. March 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
EBRI Study: Americans More Pessimistic About Retiring Well, Fewer Going To Advisors Saving for retirement, and using a financial advisor to provide help in planning for the golden years, are a low priority for American workers, an annual survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute says today. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
The Retirement Puzzle Serving retirees might be a lot less profitable than most financial planners imagine. There are certainly opportunities in catering to this wealthy crowd, but only if you know where to look. |
Registered Rep. August 5, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Poll: Clients Love Breakaway Wirehouse Brokers Breakaway wirehouse advisors never walk alone. A new report by Aite Group on the independence movement shows that reps from the big houses demonstrate superior client retention when they leave their employers. |