Wealthy clients are not thinking about tax-driven wealth transfer strategies right now. Instead, if they want to talk to advisors at all, they want to talk about asset protection.
Advisors were on the move in March. The number of reps switching broker/dealers during the month was up 34 percent versus the number who switched in February.
Morgan Stanley reported a net loss of $177 million in its first quarter earnings, released today. But unlike many of its peers, the firm didn’t appear to use any accounting tricks to massage the numbers.
For financial advisors who work with local banks, it’s a great time to win new business. Community banks are holding their own in this difficult financial market, and reeling in new clients. Some 57 percent of them reported an increase in...
It used to be that financial advisors never got fired. That’s because, how did the saying go? As an advisor, “You eat what you kill.” Times have changed.
Life insurance holders are opting to trade in their old policies for new, better designed or more conservative policies issued by companies in solid financial health these days. But they’re holding on to their variable annuity contracts, as...
