Tag: RIA

Charles Schwab released an automated investment management platform to help RIAs reach new market segments. 

An automated asset management platform from CLS Investments and Riskalyze is now live.

Global Retirement Partners has taken another step to differentiate its adviser network by implementing a full suite of financial wellness and education services from Financial Finesse.

Advisers’ views are nearly tied on whether digital advice is irrelevant or competition to their business.

Ron Cohen has joined Wells Fargo Funds Management LLC as head of sales for the defined contribution investment only and registered investment adviser channels.

Firms across the financial services spectrum are adapting to increased adviser teaming and the growing importance of partnership approaches to financial advice and institutional investment consulting.

An overwhelming majority of advisers (97%) believe conventional and robo-advisers can co-exist, a study says, but a strong majority (78%) still see the new tech as threatening.

A consumer engagement and onboarding solution pairs with an integrated platform to help registered investment advisers (RIAs) expand assets under management.

Qualitative risk tolerance assessments are ambiguous and unhelpful to investors, says a new white paper.

MillenniuM Investment and Retirement Advisors has teamed with TriCore to offer an integrated, open-architecture qualified plan program.

Marketing leaders are excelling in their ability to plan effectively, instill their firm story and apply a disciplined referral process.

A quarter of independent financial advisers are currently honing and redeveloping their practices—including many established firms crafting approaches to new markets.

What American investors say they will do and what they actually wind up doing to save for retirement shows a big gap, according to an Edward Jones retirement...

A new name, logo and redesigned website are the former Lincoln Trust’s latest steps in building its retirement business brand.

The acquisition of Trinity Consulting by NFP expands the firm’s employee benefit offerings in the Southeast United States.

A recent Cerulli Associates report assesses whether eRIAs, also known as robo-advisers, could be challenged in the medium and long terms by a “first-mover effect.”

New merger and acquisition (M&A) data from Schwab Advisor Services finds the pace of deals in the registered investment adviser (RIA) industry remained steady in 2014.

The deadline for some to start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) is April 1, and the penalty for forgetting—a 50% tax bill—is big.

The EZ K Plan from Revzon Consulting Group is a full- service, one-stop 401(k) plan package that lets registered investment advisers meet the needs of small-company clients.

Advisers are aging—and few have a succession plan, or even a grip on how to sell, merge or add to their practice, say the creators of RIA Match...