Practice

When the call comes from compliance that your branch examination is imminent, some advisors decide it’s time to take a vacation while others take the vapors. But branch exams should not be stressful or painful – if you follow these basic steps and integrate them into your practice.

A pair of prominent financial news agencies are teaming up with public relations and marketing firm Cognito to host a pair of soup-to-nuts events that will delve into what financial services professionals want and need to know about using social media in their practices.

MetLife and PIMCO have partnered to create a lifetime income solution. A client can purchase PIMCO mutual funds designed to provide inflation-adjusted monthly distributions to protect against inflation risk and separately purchase MetLife longevity insurance to provide monthly income after mutual fund distributions end.

Sam Pyle and Shauywn Smith joined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from Merrill Lynch.

Why not tap into your affinity with clients to create a powerful marketing message, and solidify your hold on that group?

Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust hired Paul C. Guidone to be its chief investment officer.

Kevin Batterton will run business development and portfolio management

House Financial Services Committee chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., is warning the Securities and Exchange Commission that he does not support its proposed rules for a municipal advisor registration system because they are too broad and do not reflect congressional intent.

A House subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday that will focus on how the Dodd-Frank Act is affecting community banks and small business.

Take a fresh look at your clients' life insurance planning to see if changes are necessary in light of the 2010 Tax Act.