March 02, 2009
A Turnkey Solution for ComplianceTo meet the needs of that "increasingly stringent regulatory environment," InvestEdge (www.investedge.com) has updated its Compliance Solution application for banks and financial advisors and made...
March 02, 2009
An Index for the NAAIM GameNAAIM, the National Association of Active Investment Managers, has launched the Actively Managed Fund (AMF) Index comprised, currently, of 21 funds managed by some of NAAIM's 200-member firms.
March 02, 2009
Levitt and Donaldson Head Investor's Rights Task ForceA non-partisan task force composed of financial industry experts and co-chaired by two former SEC chairmen has been assembled to stress the "primacy of investor interest" in the expected regulatory reforms to the U.S. financial markets.
March 02, 2009
RIA clients keeping their money in investmentsA majority of registered independent advisors (RIAs) say their clients are not cashing out their investments. Meanwhile, almost half of RIAs (41 percent) say they...
March 02, 2009
Connecting the [Tech] DotsAdvisors attending TD Ameritrade's Institutional Partnership Conference in Las Vegas last month got a first look at AdvisorConnect, a new technology that links three leading industry applications and services within a single platform.
March 02, 2009
Economic crisis isn't reason enough for changing retirement planTwo years of economic turmoil has not been enough of a motivator to get Americans to adjust their retirement investments, according to ING DIRECT. Half...
March 02, 2009
My Brush With Fame: The Stanford Financial ScandalThe events of the past few weeks have been remarkable to say the least. First, when the Stanford Financial scandal broke, I contacted my editor...
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