Features
By James J. Green
A panel of three top RIAs explains how they communicate with their clients in good times and bad, with a focus on the fiduciary issue...
By Eliza DePardo and Dan Inveen
An aggressive and proactive talent retention strategy is key to winning performance....
By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani
For Sierra Investment Management, understanding risk inherent in every asset class has enabled it to outperform, while avoiding the worst disasters in financial market history....
By James J. Green
Susan Hirshman’s new book can help women be more successful in their planning, but it can also teach advisors plenty on how to communicate better with women and couples....
Beginnings
By John Sullivan
Like politicians who dream it and bureaucrats who enforce it, overregulation will always be with us. And we will adapt....
By Melanie Waddell
Agency flooded with comments on fiduciary standard; ‘fiduciary forum’ on September 24 ...
By James J. Green
Catching up with HighTower CEO Elliot Weissbluth....
By Vaughan Scully
Like the elves in Santa’s workshop who toil year-round making gifts for well-behaved children....
By Jeff Joseph
Angel investors and their advisors must become more creative with their financing structures if they hope to avoid the same fate....
By Guest Contributor
Behind the Numbers with Sam Stovall...
By James J. Green
The online home of U.K.-based The Economist newspaper ...
Columns
By Mark Tibergien
When considering a merger, get to know your potential partner....
By Melanie Waddell
A fiduciary standard for all may crimp RIAs’ competitive edge...
By Bob Clark
Advisors can play a powerful role in the SEC’s fiduciary deliberations, if they can get their leaders to lead....
By Angela Herbers
Owners, read this column, then give it to your employees....
By Olivia Mellan
A successful merger is more than just favorable financials. It’s personal...
Conclusions
By Kathleen M. McBride
Can psychometric risk assessments help clients stay with the program through turbulent times?...
By Guest Contributor
A marketing department must help to make the affiliated rep the dominant rep in their local area....
By James J. Green
‘Fiduciary’ is not some amorphous concept that the SEC can define after a six-month study, but a rock-solid concept rooted in common law and case law....
By Kathleen M. McBride
News on Morningstar, and Insured Retirement Institute (IRI)...
By Ray Sclafani
How top advisors are re-engaging with clients at a tenuous time
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By John Sullivan
In our B/D survey history, the Waltham, Mass.-based firm has the most wins. Why?...
By John Sullivan
News on Securities America, HighTower, AIG and more....
By Tere D’Amato
If leveraged charitable insurance planning sounds too good to be true, it just might be....
By Dan Skiles
Anything that you can do prior to the end of quarter gives advisors more time when it really matters...
By Thomas D. Giachetti
Get ready for new custody and ADV rules, and the $100 million threshold...
By Marlene Y. Satter
How the new government long-term care insurance program may affect your clients...