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Iceland is looking at the possibility of changing modern banking as we know it. Stung hard by the financial crisis of 2008, Iceland commissioned a report suggesting that the country’s banks stop “creat...
What's in a name?
In new research from Cerulli Associates, the analytics firm offered up “eRIA” as an alternative term to “robo-advisor” for automated investment advice software. Whatever the advisory industry decides to call them, Cerulli...
They have a plan.
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals released the “Hispanic Wealth Project Blueprint” on Tuesday, a 10-year plan to triple the wealth of Hispanic households in the U.S. to $2 trillion. According ...
Merger and acquisition activity among RIAs remained largely consistent throughout 2014, according to Schwab Advisor Services' mid-year review.
Like in 2013, last year’s M&A market wrapped up the year with 54 deals completed, totaling $47.4 bil...
Financial advisors experienced a boom year in 2014, earning record revenues while increasing client assets under management and client retention, according to a new report from PriceMetrix.
Advisors’ assets under management and revenue have ri...
Building a behemoth.
Vanguard saw a net $219 billion flow into their U.S. mutual funds and ETFs in 2014, and is on track to account for 20 percent of total industry assets by the end of this year. Morningstar calls it the most dominant fun...
New research from Cerulli Associates found that the annuity industry is in the middle of a significant change, and it’s impacting the way advisors craft portfolios.
Elizabeth Malin, an analyst at Cerulli, said low interest rates are chall...
(Reuters) - Wall Street's watchdog sanctioned Oppenheimer & Co a total of $3.75 million on Thursday for failing to supervise a former broker who is now serving a prison sentence for defrauding the producers of Broadway production "...
