What Plan Sponsors Should Expect From a Retirement Plan Adviser
As plan sponsors look to evaluate their relationship with their financial advisers, experts say it is critical that advisers understand...
Tag: Practice management
PANC 2022: DEI at Work
Advisers share insights about how they are changing the composition of their firms—from entry-level positions to senior management—to better reflect...
The Future of Work in the Investment Industry
The CFA Institute’s recent report examines leading trends and explores the future of work in the investment industry.
Talent Management Trends and a Focus on the Future
Many financial advisory firms are rethinking their talent management strategies, with a focus on serving a more diverse and dynamic...
Meet Dave Barry, Professional Humorist and Pulitzer Prize Winner
Among his accomplishments, Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, although he misplaced it for several years, which is why his wife...
A Q&A With an Adviser to Advisers
AssetMark’s Matt Matrisian says leading firms in the retirement plan adviser industry are increasingly focused on business management issues, with...
The ‘Why’ Behind CAPTRUST’s First 2022 Acquisition
Rush Benton says the firm’s acquisition pipeline remains full of both large targets that would add significant scale and smaller...
HUB’s $1.1B CSi Acquisition Highlights Ongoing Consolidation
Given CSi’s more than 50 years in practice and integrated third-party administration business, its acquisition by HUB International shows how even the most well-established retirement advisory shops see...
Invesco and Cerulli Launch Practice Innovation Index
According to the firms, the index builds on the concept that high-performing financial professionals measure their success by the impact...
Q1 M&A Deals Undaunted by Volatile Markets
New Fidelity data shows the record-setting pace of mergers and acquisitions measured during 2021 continued through the first quarter of 2022, with some key caveats.
Introducing the 2022 PLANADVISER Vision Awards
With the inaugural edition of the award, we recognize WIPN—WE Inspire. Promote. Network.—and Bradford Campbell, partner at Faegre Drinker and...
Gallagher Joins Advisor Group Network
Gallagher joins Advisor Group through its affiliation with network partner Triad Advisors.
Pontera and Mutual Group Launch New Partnership
The new relationship provides affiliated advisers with a simplified way to manage their clients’ retirement accounts and held away accounts from a single, secure interface.
Pensionmark CEO on World Insurance Acquisition Mechanics
According to Pensionmark CEO Troy Hammond, the advisory network’s acquisition by World Insurance Associates is structured to allow its advisers to maintain ownership of their business but also...
M&A Update: Pensionmark Acquired by World Insurance Associates
The acquisition will bring some $80 billion in assets from across the Pensionmark network to World Insurance Associates, a national full-service insurance brokerage firm.
SageView Names Wealth Management Head in Sign of Evolving Industry
The appointment of Jim Dario as head of wealth management comes as SageView increases its focus on this strategic area of its business—mirroring the actions of other national...
How Financial Services Employees Feel about Cybersecurity
A new study shows that most people working in regulatorily sensitive industries such as financial services are aware of the...
Josh Itzoe Launches FiduciaryRx Platform
The former Greenspring Advisors professional describes FiduciaryRx as a modern tech platform that empowers advisers to improve the ‘fiduciary wellness’ of their plan sponsor clients.
Commonwealth Launches Virtual Administration Program
The new offering pairs advisers, who need support in a range of operational areas, with practice support professionals who are trained and employed by Commonwealth.
An SEC Regulatory Status Report
One expert attorney who works on Securities and Exchange Commission compliance issues says the regulator is feeling a growing sense of pressure to advance the Biden administration’s ambitious...