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Financial Advisor January 2004 Jeffrey A. Hollowniczky |
Good Portfolio Reports Are Customized For Clients While the innovations in portfolio reporting technology have provided advisors with mountains of information and increased efficiency in their back-office operations, the client's specific needs have often been forgotten in the process.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Howard Sontag |
How Are We Doing? With constant communication about goals and portfolio construction, financial advisors can remind clients that investing is a long-term process that may require patience in the short term when there are bumps in the road.  |
Investment Advisor February 2009 |
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks.  |
Financial Advisor November 2007 Tracey Longo |
Is Your Price Right? A select group of advisors are significantly increasing their planning fees. Here's the lowdown on unbundling and how your pricing helps or hurts your firm.  |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Neal Ringquist |
Soapbox: Forget the Benchmarks If you'd rather talk to clients than pick investments, then it's time to start looking into goal-based investing.  |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Nick Georgis |
Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds.  |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Investments That Don't Stand a Chance An active fund that only seeks to match its benchmark is a waste of your money. If that's all a fund can offer, you're much better off going with the index fund.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Selling Alpha? BAD MOVE. Talon Asset Management announces it is selling about two-thirds of its business to global investment manager BNY Mellon.  |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Tracey Longo |
Investing For Retirement Investing for retirement is feeling pretty dicey. That has investors looking for all the advice they can find. Here's what financial advisors are saying.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 David E. Adler |
The ABCs of Planner Titles Do you know your REBC from your CEBS, your CIMA from your CMA, and your PFS from your RFC?  |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Converting Prospects Into Clients A new online tool promises to help you do just that, but can it deliver? The platform marries a sales/client education process with a portfolio construction/portfolio management process.  |
Registered Rep. November 17, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Managed Account Offering Takes Aim at Costs Lowering costs for managed accounts can be done with top-end technology, but it's not a primary goal in the space.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Robert F. Keane |
Far From Fossilized Advisors Capital Management looks to provide clients with true individual portfolios of diversified securities at a much lower cost than is possible with mutual funds.  |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Here, There and Everywhere Dually registered advisors (advisors who are registered with both the SEC and the NASD, and are collecting both fees and commissions) have the best -- and worst -- of both worlds. However, a new study shows when implemented properly, the hybrid model can be very profitable.  |
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Gallant & Schneider |
Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable.  |
Financial Advisor October 2007 Marla Brill |
Do Your Clients' Target Funds Measure Up? How do market watchers come up with apples-to-apples comparisons of target-date funds? The absence of a standardized benchmark has left financial advisors to wade through the burgeoning number of fund choices with only vague and often conflicting guidelines for evaluation.  |
Registered Rep. April 3, 2012 Diana Britton |
Caution: Contents May Be Hot ETF managed portfolios -- separately managed accounts with over half of their assets in ETFs -- are among the latest hot products everyone is talking about.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
The Retirement Puzzle Serving retirees might be a lot less profitable than most financial planners imagine. There are certainly opportunities in catering to this wealthy crowd, but only if you know where to look.  |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Robert F. Keane |
Service, Service, Service Wealth manager Tom Orecchio has built his career on service to his clients and the profession. The plan is working.  |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti |
When Should You Register? Should an investment advisor with $30 million of "assets under management" register with the SEC? It depends on whether the advisor has "qualifying" assets under management.  |
Financial Advisor September 2005 William H. Overgard |
The Cornerstone Of The Business Any successful financial adviser knows that trust is what drives the relationship with the investor and ultimately the success of the fee-based advisory business.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Allan S. Roth |
The Benchmarking Game When choosing a benchmark the most appropriate choice usually isn't obvious for two reasons: It's rare that portfolios match one index substantially and they also change over time.  |
Financial Advisor June 2011 Bruce W. Fraser |
Rebuilding Trust - Part 2 Six leaders in the wealth management continue their discussion of the advisory industry and how new rules and regulations will impact it.  |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2007 |
The Art Of The Deal A true story that highlights how NOT to win a financial advisory client.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell |
Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost.  |
Investment Advisor October 2007 Neal Ringquist |
Tech Tools There are a number of reoccurring concerns that rank high among the challenges that today's financial services institutions and advisory firms are looking to address. A software company president discusses how to solve those niggling problems stunting your growth.  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Money Managers Don't Get RIA Market A large number of money managers still haven't figured out how to tap the registered investment advisor market to sell their funds, according to research.  |
Financial Advisor November 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Opposite Ends Of The Spectrum Portfolio management software for the high-end and low-cost buyer. Portfolio Director... Orion Advisor Services...  |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Black & Bakker |
Life Support A reader survey suggests how asset managers can be true partners with investment advisors.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 |
Retirement Advisor Confidence Index: Reality Check for Planners Advisor sentiment slips after a giddy start to the year, as clients sound a cautious note.  |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Joel Bruckenstein |
Behind The Scenes At Intuit's PortfolioMinder This new portfolio management and reporting platform is capable yet inexpensive.  |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Tracey Longo |
Finding Even Greater Growth The Financial Advisor Symposium in Las Vegas focused on practice growth strategies.  |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
Wish Upon An 'IAR' RIA or IAR? Registered investment advisor or independent advisor representative; the anagram you choose will depend on how big you are and how independent you want to be.  |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Andrew Gluck |
Finra Makes Its Move Who regulates financial advisors may shift. Here's a look at the positions various groups are taking on fiduciary standards.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 J. Scott Slater |
On Beyond AUM More advisors should look to drive additional revenue from charging separate fees for value-added services.  |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways.  |
Registered Rep. October 29, 2009 Kristen French |
RJFS Raises RIA minimums, LPL Pulls Past RJ in RIA Assets Raymond James is raising minimums for new RIAs who want to custody assets on its RJFS-IAD platform from $30 million to $50 million.  |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
But Are They a Good Deal? MFS asset allocation funds pass the three-year mark and get high ratings from S&P.  |
Financial Advisor August 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
Independent Broker-Dealers Improving SMA Programs Historically, independent advisors have been forced to sit on the sidelines while wirehouses led the way in products and technology for separately managed accounts. Increasingly, things seem to be changing.  |
Financial Advisor November 2009 Bruce W. Fraser |
Shifting Landscape A shifting economic environment is also changing financial advisors' practice management world.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011 Diana Britton |
American Funds: A Victim of Its Own Success? The mutual fund giant's fortunes seem to have turned, with sizeable outflows.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Staying Active To fund boomers' later-life plans, advisers will need to change the way they think about active and passive portfolio management.  |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Don't Fear Your Fees RIAs are loathe to increase rates, believing it alienates clients. But industry insiders say advisors have more juice than they suspect. Here's how to get a raise.  |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Bernie Clark |
A Record Year For RIAs Discipline both on the expense and client care sides has created sound business practices for an evolving RIA industry.  |
Investment Advisor August 2005 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Come Right In Here are some issues pertaining to an advisor's compliance-readiness, including a list of some of the more substantive issues that are currently the focus of SEC examiners.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Callahan & Howard |
Risky Business The primary goal of financial advisors is to make life less risky for clients. But using style boxes to determine risk in a portfolio is a fool's errand.  |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Katz & Evensky |
Investment Performance Vs. Wealth Management A survey of high-net-worth clients and their advisors reveals a marked difference in perception between the two groups, particularly regarding value, advice and performance.  |
Financial Advisor June 2011 |
Advisor Emporium Stories from our June 2011 Advisor Emporium: Russell Program Judges Business Health... Paychex Acquires New Company... RBS Launches Exchange-Traded Notes... more...  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Marie Swift |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? Do your clients understand the true value of what you do? Your best defense may be to make sure that you're articulating the value of the various services you perform.  |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Kodialam & Adolf |
Gold Medal You can deliver exceptional service throughout the client lifecycle.  |