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Registered Rep. April 18, 2011 Diana Britton	Move Over Morningstar: Advisors Tout Ease of Use of Putnam's New Fund Tool Putnam Investments rolls out its new FundVisualizer, an open-architecture tool that allows advisors to research and compare over 10,000 mutual fund and ETF offerings through a web-based interface.
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj	Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness.
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.
Investment Advisor October 2006 Black & Bakker	Life Support A reader survey suggests how asset managers can be true partners with investment advisors.
Financial Planning January 1, 2013 Bill Winterberg	Asset Management: 8 Great iPad Apps New tools help advisors research investments and follow economic news. Here are a few top picks.
Registered Rep. July 14, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Financial Advisor Switching Firms Jumps in June June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database.
Financial Advisor April 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	What Have You Done For Me Lately? Are advisor marketing tools and business development what they should be?
Registered Rep. September 24, 2015	The 2015 Wealth Management Industry Awards Winners Companies like Charles, Schwab, Fidelity, and Betterment are profiled for their achievements in financial services.
Registered Rep. September 19, 2011 Diana Britton	More Advisors Using, Prioritizing Social Media, Survey Says Not only are more advisors using social media for business purposes, but more are making it a priority.
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 August 2006 David L. Lawrence	A Prescription For Success Here are three examples of subscription data service Web sites for financial advisors: Morningstaradvisor.com... Standard & Poor's Advisor Insight... Sageworks...
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas.
Investment Advisor July 1, 2011 John Sullivan	Catching up with... Bob Reynolds In June 2008, Bob Reynolds, the former Fidelity Investments vice chairman and COO, joined Putnam Investments. His impact was nearly immediate.
Investment Advisor October 2007 Neal Ringquist	Tech Tools There are a number of reoccurring concerns that rank high among the challenges that today's financial services institutions and advisory firms are looking to address. A software company president discusses how to solve those niggling problems stunting your growth.
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	Separate Ways As fee-oriented investment management increasingly appeals to advisors and clients, fee-structured accounts are growing apace. Or not, depending on how the terms are defined.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Kristen French	More Advisors Wearing Investment Management Hat Financial advisors at broker/dealers are increasingly taking the reins on their clients' fee-based accounts, according to a report out from Cerulli Associates today.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	The Winner's Curse Many advisors independent b/ds recruit have now unrealistic expectations: They want full technical and marketing support, as well as help understanding products and asset managers.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Breaking Out: A New Era in Insurance Insurance firms constantly go through cycles of acquisition and sale when it comes to their broker/dealer subsidiaries. But the current sell cycle is different, and it may shake up how the business works.
Registered Rep. August 10, 2011 Diana Britton	LPL Conference Opens with New Initiatives, Support for Advisors LPL Financial kicked off its annual conference in Chicago on Monday by ringing the opening bell of the NASDAQ stock exchange and announcing some new initiatives aimed at supporting advisors.
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.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Taking Care of Business A survey this year by REP./Wealth Management.com shows how RIA attitudes differ from those among advisors in other channels.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Changes Ahead for 403(b)s Retirement plan advisors, distributors, and providers are finding themselves responding on the fly to the trends shaping the 403(b) and 457 markets. New regulations will add paperwork and confusion say critics.
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. May 2, 2011 Kristen French	Raymond James, Commonwealth to Give FAs Free Reign on Social Media In other words, they will be able to post tweets, updates and comments that have not been pre-approved in real time.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2012 Scott Smith	Look Before You Leap The very benefits IBDs have used to lure advisors may actually be their undoing.
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Carl Resnick	ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Diana Britton	The Rare Prop Product In REP.'s fifth annual Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card, only 19 percent of 2,058 advisors surveyed said they sell in-house or proprietary products.
Financial Advisor August 2, 2010	Advisor Emporium New Products: Fidelity Launches New Resource... Schwab Rolls Out Reporting Tool... Putnam Funds Top $2 Billion... New Investment Entity Created... MarketCounsel Creates Virtual Vault... Securities America Launches Tools...
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	60 Seconds with...David Tyrie A short interview with the head of Putnam's retirement services unit, who works directly with 401(k) sponsors and financial advisors.
Registered Rep. June 27, 2011 Diana Britton	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly It seems like every week, another independent broker/dealer goes under or up for sale because of a bad private placement or other problematic alternative investments. All that turmoil has left a pool of advisors out in the cold, looking for new firms to call home.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	The Process How can an advisor be sure to find a new independent b/d that is the right fit? With so many firms to choose from, how can a rep begin to narrow down his search?
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall	Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change.
Investment Advisor October 2008 Maya Ivanova	War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses.
Financial Advisor July 2011	Frontline News Advisors Using Fewer Asset Managers... The New CFPs... Avoid The Analyst Herd... etc.
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Gallant & Schneider	Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable.
Registered Rep. June 16, 2011 Diana Britton	Securities America Jumps on the Social Media Bandwagon Independent broker/dealer Securities America announced its new social media program, which will allow all of its 1,800 reps to access and post content on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Financial Advisor October 2008	Advisor Emporium The latest news from six well known names in the investment management and advisory industry.
Financial Advisor October 2012 Joel P. Bruckenstein	A Different Kind Of Leverage Independent broker-dealers are using technology to help their advisors prosper.
Registered Rep. September 7, 2011 Diana Britton	Seven B/Ds Sign on With Erado for Interactive Social Media Use The partnerships will allow these firms' reps to post interactive content to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn without pre-approval by their compliance departments.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Spinning Their Wheels If you're thinking of steering your clients into life-cycle funds, be sure to kick the tires first. With more and more asset managers rolling out life-cycle funds, it's easy to get caught up in some excitement. But, buyer beware: They can be expensive and have middling performance.
Financial Advisor July 2004 Tracey Longo	Clearing Firms Come Courting With clearing industry players so clearly targeting advisors, competition for advisor business is likely to get even more interesting very soon.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Dinosaurs Roaming the Earth The days of a mutual fund wholesaler coming in, talking about performance and making light banter are mostly over. In fact, some asset managers are rethinking how the wholesaling process should look, from the ground up.
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 July 1, 2007	New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has launched five fixed-income SPDR ETFs... Unit investment trust based on the KLD Global Climate Change 100 Index... etc.
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Kristen French	Wire Houses Minting Fiduciary Advisors -- Or Are They? None of the firms will go on record as to whom specifically in the rank and file is adopting the standard, nor will they provide much detail on what that training looks like.
On Wall Street June 1, 2010	Five Questions With Gurinder Ahluwalia The President/CEO of Genworth Financial Wealth Management talks about his company's goals and services.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Larry Silver	The Success Formula 2008 was a year we would all rather forget. Yet the lessons learned could direct both advisors and clients on new roads to successful investing this year.
Investment Advisor February 2009	A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks.
Investment Advisor July 2007 Jonathan Henschen	B/Ds in the Year 2010 What the future holds for independent broker/dealers: technology... outsourcing... marketing... practice management... succession planning... alternative investments... fees...
Registered Rep. January 6, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Wirehouse FAs Switching B/Ds Slows The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June.