Tag: Practice management

Achaean Financial announced a strategic partnership with Envestnet, which will allow the integration of Achaean's software into Envestnet’s wealth management platform.

Florida broker saw lunar effects on the stock market, but managed to miss the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fraud charges coming his way.

Charles Schwab made available 28 universal workflows in the Schwab OpenView Workflow Library through Schwab Intelligent Technologies.

The broker/dealer First Allied Securities Inc. expanded its advisory platform, Guided Portfolio Solutions (GPS) to give affiliated advisers a practical approach to conducting fee-based business.

The Principal Financial Group released educational and practice-management resources for third-party administrators (TPAs).

 TRUSTIVO announced it would add the Verified Expert program for advisers from Dalbar to its referral network.  

The Center for Due Diligence (CFDD) created a qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) association to help advisers assess and understand target-date funds (TDFs).

Fiserv Inc. launched Retirement Illustrator, a retirement income-planning tool for advisers.

The National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) is expanding its TPA Business Owner Resources to include the 401(k) Sales Champion Workshop.

February 13, 2012 – Potential clients must “buy” you before they buy any products or services from you.

Members of the retirement plan community were mostly positive about the final rule on 408(b)(2) fee disclosure regulations.

More than three-quarters (76%) of financial advisers who moved to an independent business model report they are better off financially, according to a Fidelity Investments study, “Fidelity Insights...

Cerulli Associates projects that in 2013, the wirehouse channel will remain the largest distribution channel, despite significant decline of assets under management (AUM) from 43% in 2010 to...

The majority of advisers perceive themselves as providing a level of service that merits the title of financial planner (59%), however, 56% fall into the investment planner category.

Institutional investors that participated in a survey by Mercer addressed climate change risk via asset allocation and other initiatives.

The ongoing legal battle between the TCW Group and Jeffrey Gundlach appears to have reached an end.

Commonwealth Financial Network has formed a partnership with PIEtech, Inc., a software developer for financial advisers.