Practice

Collaboration between the Division of Enforcement and the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations at the Securities and Exchange Commission "really is very seamless," according to OCIE director Carlo V. di Florio.

PALM DESERT, Calif.-Norm Champ, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management, last week took the first steps in meeting and speaking with members of the Investment Company Institute.

A successful social media strategy will take time, so make your efforts as efficient as possible.

As you take your website and even your practice mobile, it’s time to do the same with social media.

Anne Copeland, the newly appointed head of Private Wealth Management, anticipates a “good bit of organic growth” from one of the most basic of business activities.

Birds do it. Bees do it. Planners with complementary philosophies should probably do it. Coupling up, in the business sense, can increase income by 32% or more. So, how can you partner more successfully?

ICI Global has hired Elizabeth Todd as Director of Global Legal Affairs. Todd hails from the Financial Services Authority, where she was the Alternative Investment Funds Management Directive policy lead on the investment funds team.

NAPFA's Genesis group, for fee-only advisors 33 and younger, this week launched a set of scholarships to help younger advisors develop their professional skills.

ING Direct CIO Charaka Kithulegoda says the only problem with allowing users access to online banking through Facebook is the perceived stigma.

For the visually inclined, we've created an infographic to highlight some of the major shifts under way in demographics, technology and global wealth.