Tag: Practice management

U.S. financial adviser headcount increased a little more than 1% in 2014, Cerulli finds.

This week: a $2.9 billion team leaves Merrill Lynch for Raymond James; MassMutual’s newest acquisition; and a new COO for Global Retirement Partners (GRP), and more.

Pensionmark debuted a variety of new and enhanced adviser deliverables aimed at improving and streamlining various business, investment and client service processes. 

Schwab Advisor Services finds a majority of independent registered investment advisers are projecting healthy growth in the year ahead. 

Wealth Management Systems Inc. adds its capabilities to the Cambridge Investment Research retirement platform.

A new publication from Schwab Advisor Services seeks to deliver actionable insights about recruiting and talent retention within RIA firms. 

Talking to an adviser and sharing personal information could be the newest financial phobia.

Industry researchers now commonly argue digital portfolio management tools and robo-adviser platforms are driving greater opportunity for traditional advice firms. 

Not convinced that robo-advisers are shaking up the defined contribution retirement plan advisory space? This week’s news that digital-advice darling Financial Engines will acquire a firmly established traditional...

Research findings published by LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute suggest some affluent investors are test driving robo-advisers and shopping around for the best tech-enabled wealth management. 

Fidelity suggests six steps for advisers to embrace technology.

Two in three older advisory clients are seeking help with income planning, but only one-third of financial professionals actively advise about indexed annuities.

Celent shares helpful tips for how to choose and smoothly implement new advisory practice technologies—and why embracing new tech is not really an option.

If any conclusions can be drawn about the expanding use of so-called robo adviser technologies, it’s that automation is not an all-or-nothing game. 

Completely insulating a business from cybersecurity risk is probably a pipedream in the modern world, but retirement plan advisers will be on the hook if, or when, a...

More plan sponsors are looking to expand their plan’s mobile capabilities. We ask what retirement plan advisers need to know about leveraging mobile tech.

The use of social media, particularly LinkedIn, with financial professionals continues to grow, and many say they have seen a related performance boost. 

Most financial advice professionals feel “daunted by the task of forging their own path and the accompanying headaches,” according to research by Cerulli Associates.

Millennials are early adopters, but Gen X is nudging its way into the action.