Tag: Practice management

A gap exists between what financial advisers say during early-stage client meetings and what truly resonates with prospects, according to a new survey form Pershing.

Actuaries with the Social Security Administration (SSA) have determined a comparison of benefits relative to wage-indexed career-average earnings is the best approach for calculating income replacement rates.

Merrill Edge’s MythBuster, which helps small-business owners navigate retirement plan choices, can be a resource for advisers answering questions about starting a plan.

National Financial Partners Corp. (NFP) acquired the Cincinnati-based Benefit Resources Inc., an insurance consulting and brokerage firm. The deal closed on July 31. 

Plan sponsors that offer money market investments in their defined contribution plans should start talking with their investment advisers to evaluate their money market strategy, says Robert C....

Even basic financial education in high school may help people feel more comfortable with financial matters later in life, according to a survey from MoneyRates.com. 

The Total Social Security program, from Senior Market Sales, supplies advisers with the necessary tools and resources to serve growing client demand for Social Security strategies.

Many small business owners in the U.S. have trouble focusing on their own retirement preparedness, despite generally high levels of personal wealth and financial savviness.

Triad Hybrid Solutions, a registered investment advisory firm (RIA) newly created by Triad Advisors, serves fee- and commission-based independent financial advisers.

Sponsors of terminated defined contribution (DC) plans can use new guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) to satisfy the regulator’s expectations for finding and paying missing participants.

RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP) has entered into an agreement to purchase independent broker/dealer Girard Securities, Inc., further expanding the RCAP advisory network’s major 2014 growth.

Jon Prescott joined Envisage Information Systems LLC as vice president of institutional business development.

LPL Financial LLC has launched its new Worksite Financial Solutions website to help employees gain confidence in their financial future.

BNY Mellon named Michael Gordon to head the firm’s new Retirement and Strategic Solutions Group, which specializes in retirement and insurance solutions that can complement traditional strategies.

Only 18% of advisers surveyed target Gen Y clients, and 57% prefer new clients with assets of more than $250,000, according to The Principal Financial Well-Being Index: Advisors. 

The Principal Financial Group introduced a new life insurance option designed to help financial advisers solve challenging coverage questions for business owners and other clients.

Christopher Giles has joined recently formed Global Retirement Partners as chief operating officer.

Financial stress is a significant part of the overall stress that plan participants feel, a survey says, but plan sponsors and advisers can take steps to ease their...

Grandparents overwhelmingly feel their grandchildren will be unreceptive to any money or savings talk, a study finds, yet most grandchildren say they’re open to the conversation.

Matrix Financial Solutions, Inc. announced that Southwest Securities and Summit Brokerage Services have implemented its broker/dealer platform.