Wealth Planning

With 75 million baby boomers galloping into retirement, wealth managers are going to be spending a lot of their time deciding what retirement income products are best suited for their clients. Recent research shows variable annuities are not among...

You may have heard it’s not just small time advisors making the leap to full independence these days. Some big b/d brokers are moving too. The interesting thing is, those defecting brokers (also know as breakaway brokers) are running

Recession is on the lips of everyone in the financial-services industry, and several heavyweights have proclaimed we’re already in it or it’s on the way. Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have all predicted the U.S...

You’ve probably made some personal New Year’s resolutions for 2008. Most people do. A new year is always a great opportunity for a fresh start. But have you made new resolutions for your business? Have you examined the year that has...

Last year’s markets were not very kind to brokers and their firms, which both took major hits in the fourth quarter thanks to the credit fiasco. For those betting on 2008

The start of a new year can be seen as a time of reckoning. For independent advisors and registered investment advisors this could mean it’s time to benchmark their practices and set new profit-margin targets. But before resolving on a good...

Want to know what clients really want? It's more financial education for themselves and all their family members. This past June, wealth owners from four countries gathered at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, paying close...