In this section we present key findings and insights from our survey questions on practice management and operations, including services offered, the most time-consuming activities, professional designations, custody relationships and documentation trends.
We try to avoid politics in this journal, but this month we couldn't help it. Kristen French, our features editor, ventured downtown to Zuccotti Park and interviewed several protestors for the back page of this issue. (See page 112.) Kristen...
How rattled were people in the heat of the 2008 financial crisis? Gibson Capital LLC founder and author Roger C. Gibson recalled being asked by three or four clients whether the S&P 500 would drop to zero. Perhaps it wasn’t a lot of people, he...
Financial services firms may be using social media, but they’re not doing a very good job of it, said Lauren Boyman, director of social media at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney during a webcast Wednesday on the subject of, yes, social media, which was...
Greensboro: “I start my day with exercise – every day. And I insist that other members of our group take time to stay in shape as well” voiced Sam during one of our Rainmaker Focus Group sessions. This was an interesting comment that sparked a...
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. continued to grab client assets in its fourth quarter ending Sept. 30, the company said today, and quarterly trading revenue rose sharply. Net new assets last quarter were up a record $12.4 billion, more than double the...
Advisors and insurance agents need to focus on building trust with consumers and clients in this environment, one in which the Occupy Wall Street movement dominates headlines, said Bob Baranoff, senior vice president of member benefits at LIMRA...
A surprising twist we recently uncovered in research about social media usage: Among financial advisors, insurance advisors are most likely to use social media for business purposes and most likely to have landed clients through social media...
