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Financial Advisor
November 2003 |
Advisor Emporium Lockwood Advisors Launches MDA And Wrap Program... S&P Improves Database... Investors Capital Expands... Income From Equipment Leases... etc.   |
Financial Advisor
December 2008 |
Advisor Emporium New products of interest to the financial advisory industry. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005 |
Advisor Emporium Allstate Variable Annuity Features Innovative Options... Commonwealth Launches Marketing Campaign... SSgA Launches "Portfolio Constructor" Investment Tool... Fidelity Launches International Fund... 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
October 2008 |
Advisor Emporium The latest news from six well known names in the investment management and advisory industry. |
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
January 1, 2006 |
Industry New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has launched nine ETFs... Independent Charitable Gift Fund... Insurance: The Phoenix Cos. has introduced Lifetime Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit for 2... Mutual Funds: Fidelity has launched an Advisor Intermediate Municipal Income Fund... 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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Fidelity offers dual business platform... Symetra offers guaranteed retirement income... Pershing launches trust network... Arrow offers DWA tactical fund... KBS opens REIT investment... New generation of Laserfiche available... |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Callahan & Malo |
Hybrid Chic A trend toward hybrids in the financial services industry is emerging. Increasingly, firms, advisors and brokers are establishing practices that manage both commission -- and fee-based businesses. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Nick Georgis |
Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Gail Liberm |
Aiming For Advisors New annuity products and platforms are being designed to appeal to fee-only advisors. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Give, Wisely Led by the Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab juggernauts, donor advised funds are glowing and growing. Clients and advisors may find funding a DAF account easier than they realized. |
| Financial Advisor |
Frontline News News of interest to advisors: Clients want insured investments... Francais succeeds Kochis as Aspiriant CEO... Financial Planning Association's Top Lobbyist Stepping Down... New Web sites keep advisors honest... more... |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Set Me Free LPL Financial staked a bigger claim on the independent advisor market last month with the announcement that the broker-dealer will allow its advisors to do business under their own RIA. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost. |
Financial Advisor
November 2006 |
Advisor Emporium Partners Focus On European Property... CCA Unveils Web-Based Retirement Plan... Seven SRI Portfolios Launched... Fidelity DAF Lowers Contribution Minimum... etc. |
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
November 2011 |
Advisor Emporium Fidelity Charitable Enhances Philanthropic Options... Russell Adds Small Cap Investments... Loomis Offers Bank Loan Assets... Teucrium Launches Agriculture Commodities... John Hancock Launches Retirement Program... Invesco Offers Chinese Bonds... |
Financial Advisor
August 2004 |
Fidelity Offering New Portfolio Management System An institutional-level portfolio management and order generation system... A Web-based client communications product... A new deferred income annuity... 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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Sweetening the Pot A new report has found that adding a variable annuity with a lifetime guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider to a traditional stock and bond retirement portfolio can increase income while decreasing income risk. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Pam Black |
A Separate Reality The separately managed account revolution might well be sweeping the financial services industry. That transformation, while still somewhat slow, is inexorable, but also incomplete. So far, for the most part, SMAs aren't being used correctly. |
Financial Advisor
February 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Commonwealth Releases New Programs... Raymond James Introduces Charitable Fund... Rydex Doubles Funds' Pricing Capabilities... MSC Starts 2007 Education Program... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Fido Attacks! Long a distant second to Charles Schwab in the lucrative business of serving financial advisors, Fidelity is making an aggressive push to close that gap. And some advisors are taking notice. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
News & Products, October 2007 FINRA fines AXA Advisors for "failing to adequately supervise its fee-based brokerage business"... AIG announces organizational changes... Commonwealth Financial Network provides advisors with Estate Planning Blueprint... etc. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Jeff Schlegel |
Taking Flight More advisors are launching funds, but building assets isn't easy. |
Financial Advisor
September 2004
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Lavine & Liberman |
Uncertain Future The Fidelity Executive Forum raises issues about where the money management industry is headed. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
More Annuities Used in Income Portfolios Advisors are increasingly turning to annuities to help cover their clients' basic needs in retirement. |
Registered Rep.
January 18, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Record Generosity at Schwab, Fidelity Giving Accounts Double-digit market returns in 2010 helped boost Americans' charitable spirit, with top donor advised funds reporting new records in charitable contributions. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006 |
Upgrades The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund announced the Charitable Investment Advisor Program... Dan Skiles, chief of technology for Schwab Institutional, said that as of May 1, more than 500 Schwab-affiliated advisory firms... etc. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Meryl R. Cosentino |
Reaping The Tax Benefits Of Charitable Gift Annuities As baby boomers race toward retirement, CGAs are increasing in popularity because they fulfill the boomers' desire for supplemental income as well as their desire to support a worthy-and often personal-cause. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Doling out the Bounty Financial planners have many more investment vehicles to choose from as mutual funds, SMAs and ETFs compete for their assets. While planners have their preferences, new kinds of accounts make it easier to devote some money to each. |
Registered Rep.
May 4, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Complex Assets Find a Place in HNW Donor Strategies Affluent households with philanthropic inclinations are giving more than just cash these days. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006 |
Frontline News Cuts May Affect Long-Term Care... iNation Teams With Two Firms... FPA Won't Drop Suit... Bullish On Large Caps... Sports Advisors Set Conference... A Bubble -- Or Not?... CPAs Edge Out CFPs... etc. |
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Sydney LeBlanc |
Breaking The Mold The new SMA environment will allow advisors to demonstrate in a truly value-added fashion that they bring a great deal of expertise to the table from which clients can benefit. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Maya Ivanova |
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Frank O'Connor |
An Expensive Guarantee? Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB) features in variable annuities have grown steadily in popularity since first introduced in 2002. But financial advisors need to know if this feature is really worth the cost. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Bruce W. Fraser |
Donor-Advised Funds Take Off Planned giving hasn't cut financial advisors out of the picture. |
Financial Advisor
January 2006
Sydney LeBlanc |
Embracing The F Word US Fiduciary offers a business model that is attracting ultra-high-end advisors who want to be fiduciaries. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
SMAs and Due Diligence: Streamlining The Process Software tools and common sense can help advisors enter the separately managed accounts (SMA) business. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives... 1031 exchange educational Web site... ETF futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock, S&P 500 Depositary Receipts, and iShares Russell 2000... etc. |
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
August 2004
Sydney LeBlanc |
Independent Broker-Dealers Improving SMA Programs Historically, independent advisors have been forced to sit on the sidelines while wirehouses led the way in products and technology for separately managed accounts. Increasingly, things seem to be changing. |
