Tag: Practice management

Online broker E*Trade Financial plans to double its sales force over the next few years to 400 from 200 as it seeks to increase its share of client...

George Fraser, head of The Fraser Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Fraser Group advisers, Frederic Amberg and Troy Haugen, are joining LPL’s Retirement Benefits Group (RBG). ...

In an internal memo released today, Andy Seig announced the reorganization of the Global Investment Solutions (GIS) and Retirement Services (RS) teams to form Global Wealth & Retirement...

Putnam Investments has launched a Web site dedicated to helping advisers better serve their clients.  

How can advisers add value to quarterly meetings with retirement plan committees?

The basics of helping retirement plan participants be prepared for retirement include getting them to save, getting them to save enough, and getting them to invest correctly.

The Colony Group, a registered investment advisory firm (RIA) with approximately $1.3 billion in assets under management, will join Focus Financial Partners.  

What are the definitions of plan and provider success and how do you measure it them?

Invesco is adding a consulting series to its PlanForward program, designed to help advisers and consultants build a compelling value proposition and enhance their brand recognition.

Who says defined benefit plans are dead? Panelists at the PLANADVISER National Conference in Orlando last week discussed the potential future of plan types other than defined...

Charles Schwab has created Schwab Intelligent Integration solutions for independent registered investment advisers (RIAs). 

Longfellow Advisors, a Boston-based retirement plan consulting and advisory firm, has launched its Web site at www.longfellowadvisors.com.

Cerulli's latest research indicates that advisers anticipate increasing their discretionary business to account for 71% of their assets by 2013.

Nearly 40% of the investment officers surveyed from public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations said they consider investment consulting when selecting a transition manager.

Commonwealth Financial Network has partnered with Broadridge Financial Solutions to offer its advisers access to Broadridge’s Forefield applications.  

Eugene Schloss, founder of Schloss & Company, is retiring after 39 years of providing retirement planning solutions to clients in Long Island, New York.

Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, has published a study arguing that asset consolidation can potentially double profitability, boost productivity, and advance client relationships.  

Charles Schwab’s 2011 RIA Benchmarking Study found that meeting and adapting to regulatory changes was an impediment to growth, cited by 21% of firms for the first time...

MetWest Ventures LLC announced it has acquired a majority interest in Reed Conner & Birdwell, LLC (RCB).

Asset International’s Strategic Insight and PLANSPONSOR have unveiled a new version of its Pathfinder provider search tool.