Practice management

Automating client communications has doubled Ross Marino’s production while halving his time at work.

The unilateral market crash has half of high-net-worth clients wondering whether they’re not better off self-directing.

The inclusion of one word in the Dodd-Frank law is raising concerns among bankers that it will lead to a ban on certain financial products or services.

Some 51% of respondents have failed to make a rent, mortgage, credit card, auto loan or college loan payment over the last year because they were short of funds.

While just about every financial services firm is gung ho about social media’s potential as a marketing tool, Aite says that few have any cohesive strategy, or any proof it’ll work.

Affluent Americans are so concerned about not having enough money on hand for emergency expenses that they are putting their retirement savings at risk by keeping money in low-yielding products, such as savings accounts, CDs and money market funds.

The FDIC Chairman discussed her priorities for the rest of her term, and the many bankers who think she is too focused on consumer protection will be surprised to hear her list.

A state regulator fined a Bank of America investment unit for allowing its advisors to mislead clients about bonds related to government sponsored enterprises.

Fund executives also don’t like the proposed new name “marketing and service fees.”

The ugly truth is that more and more Americans are incurring debt with no plans on paying it back before they pass away.

John Bowman, the acting director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, lashed out Wednesday at the Dodd-Frank Act, arguing it made his agency the scapegoat for the financial crisis and ...

Goldman Sachs introduced an upgraded version of its execution management system, designed to help traders carry out 'relative value' strategies aimed at cancelling out effects of broad market moves.

Asset managers are in a race to develop products that provide guaranteed retirement income, effectively duplicating annuities.

In short, there has never been a more important time to proactively manage our businesses.

The ­Securities and Exchange Commission would violate the Tower Amendment and the principles of federalism if it applies its proposed rules on asset-backed securities to municipal bonds, 14 market groups warned this week.

Top executives want to reassure lawmakers that foreclosure alternatives are paramount.

Risks can be mitigated by utilizing stronger data security programs, Ernst & Young report says.

But IRS Commissioner says the investigation isn’t over and the closed cases so far have averaged more than $200,000 in tax collections per case.

Only one in five advisors are increasing the amount of time they spend talking to clients in the wake of the economic meltdown, said Gregory Salsbury, in the closing session at the Financial Behavior in Retirement Summit in Chicago on Monday. And that's a mistake.

Steve Luckenbach, a wholesaler for Jackson National Life with 24 years’ experience under his belt, says that over that time he’s seen some advisors excel and others fail, but not for reasons you’d think.