Citigroup’s reorganization of its private bank and Global Wealth Management division, announced Tuesday, will absolutely not force advisors into silos based on client wealth, said Sallie Krawcheck, Chairman and CEO of Citigroup's Global...

Clearing Firms Matter to Advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm. In March of 2007, Pac Life sold...

LPL Financial hired Christopher Poch as executive vice president of wealth management and CEO of the firm's trust services subsidiary, The Private Trust Company. Prior to joining LPL, Poch served as managing director of Smith Barney's Private...

Looks like there's quite a market for new wealth-management software tools. Some 75 percent of wealth managers are or very frustrated with their current software tools, according to a recent survey of North American wealth managers by NorthStar...

Q:My independent firm told me that I am responsible for reporting I get from my clients to the firm's compliance officer. Not surprisingly, since Labor Day, I've had more clients complaining (sometimes with notes or in emails, about the markets...

Smart decisions are based on more than government statistics, agency reports, news releases, interest rates and stock quotes. We've selected a few fascinating statistics below that illuminate the markets, the world of financial services and big...

Deal making in the wealth-management space has been rampant lately, and some holding companies and individual RIAs are beginning to see opportunities in Europe. Focus Financial Partners, a two-year-old holding company with 15 RIA partners and over...

Registered Rep.: Why has there been so much buzz about actively managed ETFs? Sonya Morris: The ETF market has grown at a torrid pace in recent years, but the vast majority of individual investors' assets (some $9 trillion) are still in mutual...

Something is wrong with this picture. Consider the following: When talking about the state of the financial advisory industry with many veteran advisors today, you often hear one of following three things: I don't want my kids getting into the...

The 97.5 million viewers who tuned into this year's Super Bowl got a little dose of retirement reality from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, which spent its entire broadcast advertising budget for 2007 and 2008 on the sports event. In the...