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A need for higher-level support than interns could provide and a desire to help bright young people develop into full- fledged financial planners were the motivations behind a unique training program at Cornerstone Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Edina, Minn.

Robert Kerzner, president and CEO of LIMRA, LOMA and LL Global opened the 2011 Retirement Industry Conference with a plea to insurance professionals to familiarize themselves with the tools and sales and marketing techniques required to attract younger investors to their firms and products.

The Web-based analytical tool allows advisors to compare more than 10,000 mutual funds and ETFs in 60 different categories and formats to help them pick and choose the products that will best meet their clients' individual investment needs.

Taking advantage of opportunities will enable life insurers to play catch-up to the success mutual fund companies are enjoying, says LIMRA/LOMA CEO.

The purpose of the institute is to provide in-depth investment insights to clients.

Six days after the Securities and Exchange Commission holds a roundtable discussion regarding money market funds and systemic risk, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) will host its own one-day money market fund summit.

Six banks in four states met their demise and two new banks were chartered in their ashes in perhaps the busiest night the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has had so far in 2011.

Bankers are divided over a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plan to train bank employees on insurance limits and require tellers to question depositors about their accounts.

When it comes to social media most advisors will tell you “my clients don’t do that”. On the surface, this seems reasonable. However, if you have clients who work in corporate America, all bets are off.