Portfolio

FINRA has delayed consideration of a highly contentious proposed rule on recruitment compensation disclosure.

Advisors remain very bullish on U.S. equities and plan to allocate a greater percentage of their clients’ portfolios to the asset class over the next six months, according to a new survey by Aberdeen Asset Management.

For many years top advisors have been telling you what clients want and need, how best to communicate, what types of events to host, all the way down to what to wear. But the only way one can really know, is by asking clients and prospects directly write advisor coach Matthew Halloran.

The Financial Planning Coalition submitted a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission saying it would "vigorously oppose" attempts to weaken the fiduciary standard for broker-dealers and submitted research showing a client-first standard does not limit advice to “mass market” clients.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s custody rule governing investment advisors’ custody of client assets imposes various requirements and, in turn, costs on investment advisors, who often need to hire independent accountants to conduct surprise examinations, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

Newly-formed mutual fund shop New York-based Wavelength Capital Management is looking to catch the mutual fund wave with its own proposed offering, dubbed the Wavelength Interest Rate Neutral Fund.

It may be difficult to resist, but responding to emotionally charged emails instead of initiating a verbal discussion can be a slippery slope. Not only can it harm relationships, it tends to be a distraction from what really matters write Dave Grant.

John Hancock today announced a new management fee breakpoint for the John Hancock Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund (JHAAX) and a decreased breakpoint in the management fee schedule for the John Hancock Sovereign Investors Fund (SOVIX).

Third-party money manager CLS Investments announced the launch of a new multimedia educational initiative for financial advisors on Monday.

Greenwich, Conn.-based AQR Capital Management is currently prepping to launch another alternative mutual fund to add to its growing family.