Wealth management

On Wall Street and NYLife/MainStay Investments invites you to see the top 10 branch managers of the year for 2011 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER).

The firm will specialize in planning around the investment, retirement and insurance needs of the area’s working professionals and families nearing retirement.

Securities America, and other firms of varying sizes, are offering comprehensive support programs to lure new advisors, many of whom are trading commission-based firms for independence.

Here’s an interactive slide show featuring the five best-performing growth mutual funds so far this year.

Schwab report finds spike in total M&A activity in the RIA sector for the first quarter, but nearly half of the $23.95 billion in total assets under management transacted across 17 deals through March 31 came from one deal.

Wilmington Trust has tapped industry veteran William T. LaFond to head up its wealth advisory business in the Washington, D.C., and Richmond markets.

Legacy expert attorneys Danielle and Andy Mayoras say the legal battle between two feuding CEOs provides yet another example of why it’s so important for advisors to make prudent succession planning decisions as their firms grow and evolve.

LPL Financial said its RIA platform, the firm’s custody unit, eclipsed the $25 billion threshold in total assets under custody.

Genworth Financial Wealth Management launched a program offering its advisors access to capital to fund acquisitions and retirement.

Here's an interactive slide show with five tips from ACE Private Risk Services on maintaining adequate coverage into the retirement years.

For bank reps looking to advance their careers, there’s no better news than a promotion or a job offer that’s too good to refuse. Here’s a sampling of bank reps who were recently promoted or moved to new organizations to assume roles of greater responsibility.

On the heels of major organizational changes, Northern Trust promotes two more executives in its wealth management business.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management has named an expert in philanthropy and planned giving sales director of its Charitable Solutions Group.

The move reflects the ongoing erosion of wealth management market share in the wirehouse channel, the firm says, citing numbers from Cerulli Associates.

Here is an interactive slide show that details the Strategic Latin America Fund's top five countries by percentage of the portfolio allocated to each:

Denver-based Whitebox Advisors, the $2.3 billion asset management firm founded by Andrew Redleaf, is making a concerted push into the RIA channel with the help of third-party marketing firm Havener Capital Partners LLC.

What’s scarier than dying? Outliving your savings, say scores of Baby Boomers. The fear is understandable. Today, healthy 65-year-olds have at least a 40% chance of living into their 90s with health-care costs expected to be a significant challenge. Here’s a 10-point checklist from the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement, an education and advocacy group, to help Boomers avoid retirement shortfalls.

Drawn by the independent business model, Douglas King is leaving a 25-year career at Merrill Lynch in Minnesota to become the Los Angeles-based president of Financial Network Investment Corporation, a Cetera Financial Group company.

Here’s an interactive slide show detailing 5 things you can do to effectively manage client expectations and risk tolerance, enhance relationships and protect your firm's value.

Associated Bank has hired Douglas Lee as senior vice president and trust manager on its investment advisory team in Green Bay, Wis.