Subject Root Tag

"If an advisor wrote a piece of business and hasn't called the client in over a year, it can't really be considered stealing," says advisor Jeff Arber. Agree?

To continue its expansion in Atlanta, United Capital announced Monday it bought the majority of the assets of Atlanta-based PPA Advisors.

The $2.1 trillion global exchange-traded fund industry has been growing at a rapid clip since the SPDR S&P 500 ETF was launched two decades ago as a means for institutional investors to access passive exposure to the S&P 500 Index.

David Blain, a financial adviser in New Bern, North Carolina, likes exchange-traded funds so much he’s put all his clients’ money in them. He also thinks individual investors trading ETFs on their own may be in for surprises when markets come under stress.

Mutual funds may not be on a hiring spree right now, but Longboard Asset Management Portfolio Manager Cole Wilcox is seeing demand increase elsewhere.

Advisory firms that truly seek to distinguish themselves as strong, sustainable businesses should be utilizing a business tool that already has saturated most other industries: the dashboard.

Almost half of CPAs indicated that they offer some kind of financial planning services, but a far smaller number have a formally structured practice with their own Registered Investment Advisor or an affiliation with an outside broker/dealer or RIA, according to a new study.

Mutual fund companies are facing ongoing challenges in overseeing their financial intermediary relationships as omnibus processing and the reliance on FIs continue to increase, according to a new survey by Boston Financial Data Services.

The muni market, reeling from one of the worst selloffs in 25 years this week, witnessed record-breaking outflows to muni bond funds of $4.53 billion for the week of June 26.

Regulators are paying increasing attention to cyberthreats facing financial institutions, but many bankers are only just beginning to notice.

Those popular annuities and their guarantees became too expensive for the so-called manufacturers to offer. Some got out of the game and those that remain have cut back on features. What can an advisor do?

Investment programs are more important than ever. Yet thousands of banks are still on the sidelines. Inertia is a force to be reckoned with but you can still tackle it and win.

What can a credit union advisor do when dealing with mass-market clients? Kevin McDermott convinced his boss to hire more staff-and then had to justify the expense.

Microsoft has teamed with federal law enforcement to disrupt the technology supporting a cybercrime ring that has drained funds from accounts at some of the nation's biggest banks.

An analysis of Microsoft's takedown of a cyber fraud ring that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts brings to light the growing sophistication of malware and keylogger makers, who mostly manage to stay a step ahead of antivirus software designers and corporate security officers.

The Atlanta company plans to put financial counselors in its branches as part of a pilot program with Operation HOPE, a nonprofit that works to provide financial literacy training to low-income families.

Financial advisors working in banks and credit unions are likely to be paid on the basis of their production over the past six or 12 months, marking a dramatic shift in how advisors are compensated, according to data from Kehrer Saltzman & Associates.

The San Francisco-based regional bank extended portfolio management and asset allocation services to clients with $50,000 in investable assets.

I realize now why I like community banks. I liked them when I covered them as part of two previous jobs, and I like them now that they represent a large portion of our readership here.

The cultural divide between investment advisors and bankers has always been a deep one. Does it all boil down to jealousy? Here's how some are bridging the gap.