Tag: Practice management

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.

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.

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.

Having an actual plan makes a big difference to achieving retirement goals, and having an actual adviser makes a big difference in having that plan, research says. 

 We’re all going to live longer, according to research, but how capable are we going to be? People’s No. 1 concern is losing cognitive ability, a report says. 

A lack of succession process readiness, along with valuation issues, makes selling an independent advisory practice unfavorable for many advisers, says a new CLS Investments analysis.

Registered investment advisers (RIAs) have increased long-term mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets under management by more than 12% this year, according to Broadridge research.

Focus Financial Partners, LLC announced that Dan Sontag, former president of Merrill Lynch’s global wealth management unit, has joined the Focus wealth management network’s board of directors.

Pension Advisors, an independent financial and retirement advisory firm, has selected Independent Financial Group, LLC as its new broker/dealer.

NFP Advisor Services (NFPAS), a National Financial Partners Corp. (NFP) business group, has integrated the retirement plan adviser tools and support services of 401(k) Advisors.

Advisers can help plan participants work out how to save for a child’s college education as well as their own retirement.