Learning how to say "no" to bad prospects and
structuring your firm around a focused strategy are among the traits of
some of today's most successful advisory firms, according...
Fidelity Investments is offering advisors tools
designed to bring retirement planning into focus for both clients and
prospects...
The cost of keeping up with new compliance regulations is eating into advisors' profit margins, according to a new study...
Investors are kicking it up a notch when it comes to saving for retirement, according to a new survey...
Many investors are turning to FDIC-insured sweep accounts as a way to manage risk, according to a new study...
The Financial Planning Association
(FPA) has named five new members to its board of directors, all of whom
will start serving three-year terms on January 1...
Steven M. Bloom was named yesterday as the first recipient of The Skip Viragh Innovation Award at The 7th Annual Financial Advisor Symposium in Chicago...
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has named Sarah Ball Teslik as its new chief executive officer. Teslik currently is executive director of the Washington, D.C...
Advisor confidence rose in September, according to Rockville, Md.-based AdvisorBenchmarking Inc...
Although most taxpayers have long since filed their 2003 federal income tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service said today that more than two million people still face the October 15 filing...
A PricewaterhouseCoopers advisor with more than 20 years' experience in the financial planning field has been named 2005 chair-elect of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards...
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. has announced that 60%, or 1,266, of the 2,104 individuals who sat for its July 2004 CFP Certification Examination passed...
Advisors interested in measuring their practice against industry benchmarks may want to participate in a telephone conference call Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m...
Prudential Retirement has launched an ongoing series of advisor forums to explore the issues and trends shaping the expectations and needs of its advisors and clients...
No surprise here: The Securities Industry Association (SIA) is fighting is against the FPA's lawsuit seeking to have the SEC jettison a rule that exempts broker-dealers from the Investment...
Have a client affected by the recent Florida hurricanes? The Internal Revenue Service has announced special tax relief for Florida taxpayers in the Presidential Disaster Area that was struck by...
Royal Alliance, the large New York City-based independent brokerage, hasacquired High Mark Securities in Lakeland, Fla...
The four-year freeze in the Securities and Exchange Commission's stance on broker-dealer exemptions is beginning to thaw...
National Advisors Trust-the trust company owned and operated by financial advisors-has reached the $2 billion asset mark...
Investors are continuing to embrace 529 college savings plans, according to a new report...
