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Financial Planning July 29, 2010 |
Schwab's Competition Has Its Say Schwab's competitors manage to be politely dismissive of the new platform, while still emphasizing that they got the CRM concept first. Here's how various executives see it. |
Financial Advisor December 2011 Eric Rasmussen |
Free-Range Advisors Custodians to independent advisors are in an arms race to give bigger, better software and practice management packages. |
Registered Rep. February 22, 2011 Lauren Barack |
Fidelity Launches Its First Mobile App For Adv Advisors who hopscotch across their territories visiting clients now have mobile access to client files and financials on their iPhones -- at least those who custody with Fidelity. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 Joel Bruckenstein |
Custodians Beef It Up Since advisors' work flows are often intertwined with custodian-supplied technologies, let's take a look at what the custodial firms have in store for 2008. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Andrew Gluck |
The Gluck Report, Part I: The Big Three's Tech Plans for 2006 New tech initiatives from the leading custodians have lots of features aimed at attracting and winning over RIAs without making them feel like they're losing their independence. We talk to the tech heads at Schwab, Fidelity, and TD Waterhouse. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Jeanne Lee |
Fidelity Ups Its Game The Boston behemoth is introducing new, integrated technology that promises practice management nirvana. Will it captivate -- and capture -- the RIA market? |
Financial Advisor September 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Key Role Custodians are upping their technology offerings to RIAs. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Waiting for "Intelligent Integration" This spring, Schwab Advisor Services announced the launch of "Project C"-an ambitious technology initiative designed to deliver high-quality, integrated solutions to advisors. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Fidelity's Silver Bullet If WealthCentral meets expectations, it will create significant efficiencies and cost savings for those who take full advantage of it. If Fidelity can pull it off, it will leapfrog the technology offerings of other custodians, as well as those of independent providers, by a significant margin. |
Registered Rep. October 21, 2015 Ryan W. Neal |
MoneyGuidePro, eMoney Join Forces The two biggest names in financial planning software are now partners. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Lauren Barack |
Give Them What They Want Understanding they can't offer every tool to every advisor, custodians are nevertheless making sure to remain flexible enough to meet advisors' ever changing demands. |
Registered Rep. February 17, 2012 Timothy D. Welsh |
Live From Dallas: Mobile Apps, Cloud Computing and Integration - Key Themes at Tech Conference for Rias I work with many of the technology companies that support independent RIAs and will be blogging about what's hot in advisor tech, industry trends, and what the influencers are saying. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Joel Bruckenstein |
What's Next for Technology This is a time of creativity and evolution in technology, and advisor technology is no exception. As a result, RIA firms can make changes to their infrastructure and in the process create new efficiencies while actually lowering operating costs. |
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 June 2007 Joel Bruckenstein |
Custodians Lend A Hand The large custodial firms are ramping up their technology assistance for advisors. |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Andy Gluck |
What The Tech Deals Mean To You Nearly a decade since the first Internet applications for advisors appeared, we are seeing their adoption and acceptance in all corners of the industry. What does it mean now? |
Registered Rep. October 15, 2009 Christina Mucciolo |
Schwab Q3 Earning Down, But the Race For RIA Assets Is Hot Charles Schwab reported a 34 percent drop in its third quarter earnings, the firm's third consecutive quarter of slowing earnings this year. |
Financial Advisor February 2009 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
The Case For Integration Fidelity thinks Registered Independent Advisors will benefit from integrated platforms like its new WealthCentral. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 John Churchill |
Can Schwab's RIA Empire be Toppled? Last year the online-broker-turned-advice-provider extended an already massive lead over rivals Fidelity and TD Ameritrade in RIA asset gathering. Is there no challenger to Schwab's throne? |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Custodians Are Knocking More custody players have been clamoring for the business of registered investment advisors, and that trend will continue this year, say two well-known research firms for financial institutions and investment managers. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
The Logic Of Multiple Custodians As custodians serving the independent advisor market come and go, and merge and consolidate, many advisors are having a harder time finding a stable home for their clients' assets. In many cases, they're finding that using multiple custodians gets the job done efficiently. |
Registered Rep. March 2, 2015 Diana Britton |
Crowded Out Some level of competition between advisors and custodians has been around for years. Still, some advisors feel recent events make the distinction between business partner and market competitor less clear. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Christina Mucciolo |
What Can We Do For You? Clearing firms matter to advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
The Lab As custodians battle for the hearts and minds of advisors in the years ahead, Fidelity possesses a weapon that no other firm can currently match: The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, known as FCAT. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 Joel Bruckenstein |
Tech Survey From iPads to Androids to cloud providers, technology evolves oh-so-fast, and FP's annual tech survey reveals that advisor technology usage is changing rapidly too. |
Registered Rep. July 29, 2013 Diana Britton |
No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs. |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Dueling Platforms As the major custodians enhance their technology offerings for registered investment advisers, they're all seeking a competitive edge. |
Registered Rep. September 10, 2009 David A. Geracioti |
Fido's RIA Unit Cuts Fees The average financial advisor has taken a big hit in production and therefore net income. But RIA custodians are turning that into something of a marketing tool. |
Registered Rep. July 23, 2003 Nigel Goodman |
Servicing Your HNWs A recent Fidelity Investments survey shows that affluent clients will still replace their advisors if they are not meeting portfolio goals. Predictably, the survey encourages advisors to become more attentive to the needs of their affluent clients. |
Financial Advisor January 2008 Tracey Longo |
Breakaway Brokers Despite being in business a shorter amount of time than the average advisor, breakaways have more assets under management, higher total revenues and a significantly higher growth rate. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
The Commonwealth Way This independent broker-dealer has made great strides in integrating technology systems into its advisory platform. |
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 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. |
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 August 2004 Raymond Fazzi |
Custodians Filling Different Niches Many advisors find just one custodian isn't enough. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Efficiency: Hitting the Tech Target Some advisors are still balking at portfolio rebalancing tools and automated workflow technology that could make their practice more profitable. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Drucker & Davis |
Lean On Me Custodians have ramped up the services they offer to registered investment advisors. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 James J. Green |
Navigator For years, Dan Skiles has steered advisors through the tech rocks to business safe harbors. As IA's new technology coach, he'll be your guide to the future. |
Investment Advisor October 2009 James J. Green |
Fidelity Cuts Costs on Technology, Trading Fidelity Institutional announced a range of price cuts and time-bounded fee waivers for advisors who custody client assets at Fidelity. |
Investment Advisor July 2007 Green & Keane |
TD Ameritrade to Acquire Fiserv's Advisor Unit Under the complicated deal that will break up Fiserv ISS, TD Ameritrade will pay $225 million in cash for the operation. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Joel Bruckenstein |
Technology Survey 2010 With the renewed interest and investment in advisor technology, we expect to see further gains next year. It is a slow process, but as an industry we are becoming more technologically proficient. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing RIA Advisors need to start thinking bigger and go beyond their current capabilities. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Introducing NetX360 It remains to be seen if Pershing can execute its plan to ensure that clients receive the maximum benefit from their new NetX360 technology. If Pershing succeeds, it could give the company a large technological lead over its competitors. |
Registered Rep. July 5, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
A League of their Own While the Big Four custodians still dominate the market, some smaller firms are making their presence felt. |
Financial Advisor April 2009 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
An Integration Contender AdvisorConnect integrated software for advisors looks to be a reasonable alternative to Fidelity's WealthCentral. |
Financial Advisor November 2007 David J. Drucker |
In The Land Of Giants If a smaller custodian comes along that can successfully execute a platform of services advisors can't get from Schwab, Fidelity or TD Ameritrade, it's going to find a place with advisors. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Robert F. Keane |
Catching Up With... A short conversation with Fidelity Client Experience Executive VP Maggie Serravalli. |