A recent post-game interview with Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, offers some excellent insights on relationship management. Not a football fan?  Stick with us.  These lessons apply to everyone.  The way in which...

My New Financial Advisor founder Frank Troise sold his one-year old firm to Invested.In, an online crowdfunding support site this past October — a merging Troise believes will bring advisors more prospects. How? Through crowdfunding &mdash...

Danny Ludeman’s retirement from Wells Fargo has sparked some concern among the rank-and-file. Does the new boss need the same boots-on-the-ground experience?

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Zohar Swaine, former managing director with TD Ameritrade Institutional and one of WealthManagement.com’s Ten to Watch for 2014, has joined New York-based Vestorly, a digital content marketing platform, as a strategic advisor and interim...

Dynasty Financial Partners brought onboard a founding member of one of its closest competitors on Tuesday. Ed Friedman, formerly the director of advisor development at Hightower Advisors, will now serve as Dynasty’s director of strategic relation...

WealthManagement.com: What pressures are IBDs under these days? Wayne Bloom: Regulatory and compliance, leading to increased costs. And that’s multi-faceted reform; it’s Dodd-Frank; it’s pay-to-play, rules that resulted in this sort of pos...

WealthManagement.com: This is a new role for you at Advisor Group. What is your strategy? Erica McGinnis: My main goal is to continue to work closely with our four broker/dealer presidents to continue to retain our advisors and recruit new...

How Trust Company of America is bringing lean six sigma concepts to its custody platform and its advisors.