Tag: Broker/Dealer

Charlie Vieth and Steve Zients of Act2 Retirement Consulting have affiliated with practice management firm Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG).

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has announced the acquisition of another adviser team. 

Bonnie Baker has joined Lincoln Financial Distributors as relationship manager for the Institutional Retirement Solutions Distribution (IRSD) consultant channel, focused on wirehouses.

Fidelity has launched a program, “Options for Independence,” to help breakaway brokers understand the range of options available to them when going independent. 

Bay Colony Partners and Dynamic Wealth Advisors are working together to provide a wealth management platform for customer portfolio management and client reporting.

Cerulli Associates’ latest report predicts that wirehouse firms' managed account marketshare will fall to 50% by 2014. 

The Companies of OneAmerica have launched Premier Trust for plans with assets of $5 million and above.

Kristen Whisnant has joined NFP Securities, Inc. as senior vice president, Advisory & Investment Services.

FolioDynamix and Scott & Stringfellow announced today the launch of a new unified managed account (UMA).

Triad Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of Ladenburg Financial Services Inc., announced that Planning Solutions Group is joining the firm as an independent branch office.

Merrill Lynch's “Affluent Insights Quarterly Survey” finds although affluent Americans are feeling more financially secure this year than last, 61% are expecting to retire later than originally planned.

A new J.D. Power and Associates study showed financial adviser sentiment towards their firms has stabilized in 2010, after a rocky few years.

Royal Alliance Associates, an independent broker/dealer, hired Kevin Beard as Senior Vice President of Recruiting. 

Tom Fickinger was appointed head of Financial Advisor Strategy, a newly created role, at Merrill Lynch.   

Morningstar introduced a portfolio management and performance reporting service for broker/dealers.

FundQuest, a provider of research and wealth management solutions, announced that Investment Professionals Inc. (IPI) has launched its Private Asset Management (PAM) platform in partnership with the firm. 

Chris Schneeman, Mark Boser, and Steve Sawyer of SevenHills Plan Advisors are joining the Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG), using Financial Telesis, Inc. (FTI) as their broker/dealer.  

Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, has hired Michael Kim as senior vice president of business and channel development.

A 25-piece kit from Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch is designed to help financial advisers deliver flexible retirement and benefit plan services to corporate clients.

Dick Darian has joined the iShares 401(k) team at BlackRock.