A top institutional and family wealth advisor from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has joined HighTower, the Chicago-based national registered investment advisor, providing the RIA with a foothold in the Southwest. James Pupillo, 54, managed $2.5...

A majority of advisors are marketing themselves as financial “planners,” even though they really don’t provide comprehensive planning services, according to a recent Cerulli Associates report. By adopting the nomenclature, they are hoping they can...

Margin pressure, upheaval in advisory business models, lack of certainty in the market – most of the current trends in the wealth management industry can be traced back to the global financial crisis in 2008. Three years after the world fell apart...

Charles Schwab Corp. is still leading the race for advisor assets, but a muddled economic recovery is taking the steam out of its stride...

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Dallas—“If we are going to develop the reputation we want within the affluent centers of influence, we need to raise our game,” Robert told me. “What do the elite teams you’ve coached do that sets them apart?” Robert had asked what I refer to as...

Registered reps using BrightScope’s (www.brightscope.com) platform, which rates advisors and 401k plans and helps investors connect with reps, can now automatically archive static content, interactive media and additional social media posts...