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Financial Advisor September 2007 Tracey Longo |
Demand For Trusts Explodes Growing sophistication and complexity in people's lives, along with escalating wealth and an aging population, make trusts a necessity for a far wider swath of the U.S. population these days. |
Financial Advisor September 2006 Tracey Longo |
There For The Asking? Some agree banks' loss of investors' trust assets is a financial advisor's gain. Now, for that marketing plan. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Tracey Longo |
Getting A Share Of Trust Assets Trust assets are up for grabs and often are there for the asking, provided financial advisors know the right questions to ask. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Cathleen M. Clauson |
Unlocking Opportunity Trusts are a good way for advisors to expand their businesses. Here's why. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Bob Clark |
The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Eric Rasmussen |
Busting Into Trusts Personal trust assets are moving out of the longstanding grip of bank trust departments. It's the independent RIAs' game to lose if they don't step up. |
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 Planning October 1, 2013 Ann Rieder |
Connect with Clients' Kids: 5 Steps Is your firm prepared for the transfer of assets from your clients to their heirs? |
Registered Rep. January 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
LPL's New RIA Platform Rakes in Assets Since launching the platform in October 2008 through the end of 2009, the firm gathered $7.3 billion in assets. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Tracey Longo |
Working Smarter, Not Harder As more independent broker-dealers set themselves up as strategic outsourcing partners, they are finding bigger and better firms driven to their door by stagnant or shrinking profit margins and the accelerating compliance melee. |
Financial Advisor September 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Tracey Longo |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? The race is on among independent broker-dealers to recruit more top fee-based advisors. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Sydney LeBlanc |
The Billion-Dollar Equation Skill, service, plus separate accounts are key for advisors managing a billion dollars. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Ackermann et al. |
Hot Topics Ultrawealthy increase allocation to aternative investments... Independent broker-dealers struggling to survive... LPL nabs $560M team... |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Ray Sclafani |
The High-Performance Coach: The Five Myths of Professional Networks Why you need professional advocates. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them. |
Registered Rep. February 18, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
LPL's New RIA Offering Lookin' Healthy; But Still A Pipsqueak Compared To Rivals There are some folks in the industry actually doing relatively well these days. Seriously. LPL Financial said today its new-ish RIA platform now has over $1 billion in new assets. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Millionaires Ahoy! Independent advisors who are looking to snag more millionaire clients should focus their efforts on prospects who do not already have a registered investment advisor, according to a new study by Fidelity Investments. |
Bank Technology News September 2002 Elizabeth Logue |
Wealth management: Advisors Finally Waking Up to the Internet's Useful Influence Bucking the market once again, Charles Schwab is doing the unthinkable: encouraging financial advisors to use the Internet to service affluent customers. |
Financial Advisor May 2007 Eric Rasmussen |
What's New At The Custodian Custodians are continuing to offer new services for fee-only planners in their efforts to woo RIAs. |
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. |
Investment Advisor October 2005 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Welcome to the Family Becoming a wealth manager is not quite as easy as it looks. But the mid-tier millionaires are underserved, so honing skills and capturing some of them as clients should be on every financial adviser's list. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo |
Conference Roundup Meeting the demands of baby boomer clients led content at the 8th Annual Financial Advisor Symposium. |
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. |
Registered Rep. July 21, 2006 Kristen French |
Advisors Not Filling High-Net-Worth Retirement Needs, Survey Says Although few high-net-worth investors are prepared for the kind of retirement they expect, advisors continue to focus on wealth accumulation at the expense of long-term financial planning. |
Financial Advisor June 2008 Tracey Longo |
Swimming Upstream California investment advisor John Threlkeld has been working diligently to serve wealthier and wealthier investors, even purchasing two other advisors' practices and turning all but his top clients over to a junior planner. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2011 Elizabeth Wine |
The Unfaithful Client Cheating on a financial advisor is a known, but frowned-upon client practice. But new research says that it has been gaining traction among high-net-worth households since the market turmoil began in 2008, with many clients bolstering their stable of advisors. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advancing the Conversation Advisors' role in helping clients and heirs address end-of-life issues -- Behind the Numbers: 72% of parents said they would encourage their own financial advisor to discuss... etc. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi |
Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding. |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 James J. Green |
Talk to Chuck Schwab the company began as a transaction service, then moved into mutual funds, but Schwab the man believes his greatest legacy was his ability to democratize investing, and to support the notion that people could get their advice from someone who did not have a conflict of interest. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 |
60 Seconds with Bill Carey (Head of Fidelity's RIA group) The former president of Fidelity's institutional retirement business and a 12-year veteran of the firm talks about his plans for the advisory unit and the challenges confronting advisors. |
Registered Rep. February 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
It's a Tough Route for Younger Advisors Anew report by Charles Schwab, which shows that advisors under the age of 40 are more likely than their older peers to feel pressure to grow their book of business, or to focus on selling proprietary products. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Kristen French |
Trading Up The Wealth Advisor Institute, a new trade group for advisors who cater to the wealthy, opened its doors in June. |
Investment Advisor May 2007 Lewis Schiff |
Are You Ready for Advanced Planning? Wealthy clients want a trusted advisor who can help them address a multitude of financial concerns. Here is how to move beyond average. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors. |
Financial Advisor January 2005 Tracey Longo |
How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions. |
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. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: What Do Counselors Think About Clients? Advisors to wealthy families speak out about clients and careers. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 |
Now and Then When it comes to plowing through the complexities that are associated with retirement planning, advisors need all the help they can get. Fidelity looks ahead to dominate retirement planning now. |
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 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 June 2007 Sherri Scordo |
Financial Advisor's 2007 Broker-Dealer Guide Top independent broker-dealers ranked by gross revenue: LPL... AIG Advisors Group... ING Advisors Network... etc. |
Financial Advisor July 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Defining Wealth Management The term "wealth manager" has provided more sizzle than clarity in recent years, as more and more advisors have adopted the name as they transition to more comprehensive practices geared toward affluent clients. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advisors: Natural Facilitators Generations welcome advisors' help in tackling wealth transfer talks. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Raymond Fazzi |
Follow The Money Broker-dealers sum up the future of advisory services in two words: rich folks. |
Investment Advisor July 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Gen Xers: The Optimal Client? The best new clients for financial advisors may be high-net-worth Gen Xers, but the trick will be luring these young millionaires away from the banks. |
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. September 1, 2005 David A. Geracioti |
You Say, They Say In an industry survey that covered a range of issues, from estate planning to choice of investment products, the responses by wealthy clients and advisors showed a striking disconnect about the needs of high-net-worth individuals. |