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NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley revealed on CNBC’s Closing Bell program last week that he invests with Raymond James Financial Services. Barkley says he works with Birmingham, Ala.-based advisor Glenn Guthrie. “I’ve been with him for 27 years...
FINRA is doing it again—stepping over the line. Its new proposal, the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System, or CARDS, will require all registered representatives to regularly report all customer buys and sells as well as margin...
It looks like a wirehouse, it acts like a wirehouse, but it's not a wirehouse. | Robert Churchill/iStock/Thinkstock
Sure, the number of financial advisors is on the decline. But according to The Economist, it's the brokerages, rebranded as w...
Who's calling the Series 65 easy? | nPine/Thinkstock
Colorado-based financial planner James Osborne of Bason Asset Management suggests it is too easy to become an affiliate of a Registered Investment Advisor. That’s the downside of the shift...
Unlike the previous Home Depot and Target data breaches, the most recent attack on insurance carrier Anthem Inc. could have a bigger impact on advisors. Jamie Cox of Harris Financial Group said Wednesday his office received a phony call from...
What day is it? Training day.
Training Magazine announced this week that Edward Jones took the No. 17 spot on its Training Top 125, a list of the companies across all industries in the U.S. that have the best employee learning and developmen...
Fast Company magazine has released its list of the most innovative companies in a variety of industries, with the likes of Motif, Riskalyze, Addepar, Charles Schwab and Learnvest among the top 10 in personal finance. According to the magazine...
Mergers and acquisitions within the registered investment advisory space are off to record start this year, according to DeVoe & Company. The financial services consulting firm estimates $29.5 billion in client assets changed hands in January, mo...
Flowers and candy every once in a while wouldn't hurt. | crossstudio/iStock/Thinkstocl
Many of your clients likely work with more than one advisor, but, of course, it would be better for your business if they didn’t spread it around. Investo...
Confidence in financial advisors is trending in the right direction. | denis_pc/iStock/Thinkstock
The latest LIMRA survey shows that not only do Americans have a more favorable view of the economy, but the financial services industry is also...
