June 05, 2009 Philanthropists Ann and Andrew Tisch will kick-off first event of philanthropic advisors’ network.Philanthropists Ann and Andrew Tisch will kick-off first event of philanthropic advisors’ network.... June 05, 2009 Pershing Managed Account Solutions unit adds new account managers for advisors and streamlines tools for advisors in transition.Managed Account Solutions unit adds new account managers for advisors and streamlines tools for advisors in transition.... May 28, 2009 Emerging Global Advisors LLC has launched the first emerging markets sector ETFs, the company announced May 21.... May 20, 2009 Thomson Reuters announced today the addition of Lipper fund classification data to InvestmentView, its online wealth management product. ... May 19, 2009 You might say Michael Ervolini is practicing psychology without a license. In fact, he admits, he’s never even taken a psychology course. ... May 13, 2009 Study finds predatory lending originated in the same banks that received bailouts. At least 21 of top 25 subprime lenders received bailouts through ownership, credit agreements or purchases of loans for securitization.Study finds predatory lending originated in the same banks that received bailouts.... April 28, 2009 High-net-worth investors are not buying into President Obama’s optimistic view of the economy, according to the 10th Annual Phoenix Wealth Survey. Annual wealth study indicates high-net-worth investors have low expectations... April 28, 2009 As a self-proclaimed “perpetual student,” Kirby Rosplock is clearly in the right position. The 34-year-old PhD leads the corporate research efforts at GenSpring Family Offices. ... April 22, 2009 "Like mother, like daughter" takes on new meaning when daughter follows mother's footsteps into a financial planning career. ... April 20, 2009 Financial education and a commitment to community and professional development define the goals of women who participated in Wealth Manager's 2009 Women in Wealth Management Survey.Financial education and a commitment to community and professional development define goals of women who participated in Wealth Manager's 2009 Women in Wealth Management Survey.... March 27, 2009 If you--like Dr. Richard Sandor--believe in the proposition that air and water will become the asset classes of the near future, you understand that companies helping to provide clean air and water will be good investments.Creating wealth out of thin air may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.... March 27, 2009 The Obama administration's financial stimulus plan rated a thumbs-up last Tuesday from a panel assembled by Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX Ltd. to reflect on the first 100 days of the new regime.A panel of finance experts likes what it sees so far.... March 18, 2009 Raymond James Financial reaches outside the family for a new CEO.Raymond James goes outside the family for a new CEO.... March 02, 2009 A non-partisan task force composed of financial industry experts and co-chaired by two former SEC chairmen has been assembled to stress the “primacy of investor interest” in the expected regulatory reforms to the U.S. financial markets.... March 02, 2009 Advisors attending TD Ameritrade’s Institutional Partnership Conference in Las Vegas last month got a first look at AdvisorConnect, a new technology that links three leading industry applications and services within a single platform.... March 02, 2009 NAAIM, the National Association of Active Investment Managers, has launched the Actively Managed Fund (AMF) Index comprised, currently, of 21 funds managed by some of NAAIM’s 200-member firms.... March 02, 2009 To meet the needs of that “increasingly stringent regulatory environment,” InvestEdge has updated its Compliance Solution application for banks and financial advisors and made it available as a stand-alone product.
... March 01, 2009 Trust: Clients seek it; you’ve earned it. But in the post-Madoff era, even established registered investment advisors are tainted by the public skepticism.... February 02, 2009 LPL Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker/dealer, announced Feb. 19 that the Hybrid RIA platform it introduced last October had reached more than $1.3 billion in assets under management in its first three months of operation.... February 01, 2009 Fidelity fills executive suites; cost basis law is coming; and women are here to stay.... December 31, 2008 The vintage scales displayed in the conference room of Focus Financial Partners’ midtown Manhattan offices are not the only collection CEO Rudy Adolf has his eye on. While he is unabashedly pleased wi... December 18, 2008 While remaining strongly optimistic about the future growth of wealth management throughout the report, authors Sean Cunniff and Matthew Bienfang were literally prescient in identifying regulation as ... November 30, 2008 For high-net-worth clients, year-end tax harvesting used to be confined primarily to finding ways to ease the burdens of capital gains. Not this year—which may be one of the reasons Denver-based activ... November 30, 2008 What is it like to be a pioneer in a field that’s popping? Ask Dr. Susan Massenzio, consulting psychologist at Wachovia’s Calbre Division. After more than 20 years of advising hundreds and hundreds of... November 19, 2008 The announcement last week that FTSE has expanded its Environmental Opportunities Index series from one product to 10 is yet another indicator that global warming has moved responsible investing from ... October 31, 2008 While the rest of the economy—and virtually all of the financial services industry—contracts, the RIA business may well set another new record for mergers and acquisitions. According to new data from ... September 30, 2008 The email that arrived in mid-August was an invitation from the Zero Alpha Group—a network of eight independent advisory firms in the United States and another in Australia and New Zealand—to join a c... August 31, 2008 A paperless account opening solution—one of the long-awaited cyber-perks of the 21st century—is here. Pershing LLC, the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. subsidiary, is introducing a system that enables a... August 31, 2008 JPMorgan Asset Management—the name conjures up the scent of old money, gentlemen’s clubs, cigar smoke and above all, a kind of stodgy blue-chip security. But hedge funds, behavioral finance, 130/30 fu... June 30, 2008 How is it that Federal Street Advisors—with close to $4 billion in total assets under management and AUM per its 74 clients of almost $66.9 million—had not appeared in any of our seven previous rankin... May 31, 2008 Ross Levin, the man behind The Wealth Management Index—the book and process that have influenced nearly a generation of financial advisors—is really a people person. That’s right: The CFP responsible ... March 31, 2008 About 150 investment advisors from the greater metropolitan area were gathered for a presentation and cocktails in midtown Manhattan at the invitation of Charles Schwab Institutional. The three succe... August 31, 2007 Alexandra Lebenthal is as excited as she is frustrated: “This is an entrepreneurial oxymoron!” she exclaims. “The Lebenthal name in a startup company! I feel this is something like my grandparents mus... January 31, 2007 “I got my doctorate in psychology, not economics,” Ken Dychtwald says, “and I think the reason I get so much media attention is because I’m focused on the client, a living, breathing human being with ... October 31, 2006 Emery Sheer may never have fulfilled the dream of the operatic career he pursued as a student. But that hasn’t kept the Florida CPA and financial advisor from attracting a fan club-—with some well-kno... April 30, 2006 If Higgins were in the wealth management business, he might do better to turn the question around. Successful practitioners are finding that business can benefit from a woman’s touch—and we don’t mean... |