A year after Advent Software bought out rival upstart Black Diamond Reporting Software, the latter is seeing brisk growth for its portfolio management products.

As firm-switching among brokers rose to record levels over the past four years, the number of signatories exploded, growing almost 40 fold. Many of the new signatories are RIAs.

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Don’t be afraid to sell, but mind these pitfalls.

We’ve all heard about the explosion of exchange traded funds. But the heyday may be over unless the funds can find their way into the defined contribution market, Bernstein Research said. According to a report by Bernstein Research’s Senior Anal...

While the machine may never completely replace the flesh-and-blood financial advisor, it will force you to narrow your focus and lower your fees.

Critics say regulators set a higher bar for independent broker/dealers when it comes to supervising reps.

A bigger financial advisory practice doesn’t necessarily mean a practice that’s running more efficiently, a new report commissioned by Pershing Advisor Solutions explains. “Mission Possible III: Strategies to Sustain Growth in Challenging ...