Tag: Practice management

Morgan Stanley will be offering retirement products from the Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. on its wirehouse retirement platform.

Don’t call index investing passive. Charles Schwab, founder and chairman of Charles Schwab, says that does a real disservice to investors. 

Open architecture and an uptick in the use of co-fiduciary services are changing the landscape for investment firms, according to Retirement Research Inc.

Erinn Ford has been appointed president of Cetera Financial Advisors.

It’s well known that federal auditors look for red flags to target review efforts, but one service provider says retirement plan advisers should use them for better business...

Some plan sponsors are unsure about best practices for handling uncashed retirement plan benefit checks, but a new paper aims to help.

The SVAnalyzer was created to evaluate 10 critical factors that can make it difficult to compare one stable value investment with another.

The retirement solutions business of Voya Financial (formerly ING U.S.) announced two additions to its Large Corporate Market team.

Investors tend to be more satisfied with the performance of their financial adviser when they’ve been introduced through a family referral, says new research from Spectrem Group.

Global asset management firm Schroders hired Marc Mayer to lead its institutional business initiatives in North America.

Compliance consulting firm Lexington Compliance launched a registered investment adviser (RIA) registration service to help clients establish and manage new independent financial services firms.

Timothy Davidson, a money manager in Florida, said in a potential class action suit that BlackRock Advisors charged disproportionately high investment advisory fees.

Peter Nadeau has joined Fiduciary Investment Advisors LLC (FIA) as an investment consultant within the firm’s defined contribution (DC) services team.

Fee policy statements are in the early stages, but they can help plan sponsors manage fees and help an adviser show he’s ahead of the curve.

It remains a critical challenge for financial services firms to recruit and retain more women, according to a recent survey from the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will hold a free phone forum this month about related employers.

A new program from the Money Management Institute (MMI) and Wheelhouse Analytics provides broad-based training on managed account solutions to the employees of financial services firms.

Mirae Asset Global Investments, an investment services provider specializing in emerging market equities, launched an enhanced website focusing on financial adviser support and education.

Investment services provider Manning & Napier, Inc. has established a dedicated defined contribution investment only (DCIO) wholesaler team to help grow its presence in the expanding market segment.

Members of Generation Y (also known as Millennials) are struggling to reach financial security, but that doesn’t mean financial services firms can afford to overlook them.