Behavioral Finance
Read about the behavioral finance factors that affect clients and that help advisors tailor the best financial plans and portfolio strategies for investors.
Bridgeworth Decamps to LPL From Lincoln With $1B in Assets
By Janet LevauxBridgeworth Financial has added reps from Ameriprise and others and signed on to LPLs hybrid-RIA platform.
August 09, 2012
Can Prospecting for Clients Be Outsourced? Part 1In financial services, platforms offering lead generation were traditionally used to deliver prospects who wanted a particular productnot those looking for advice.
August 07, 2012
Standard Chartered accused of hiding $250B for Iran (Forbes)The bank allegedly conducted roughly 60,000 secret transactions for almost 10 years.
August 06, 2012
A Tale of Two Futures: Will You Be the Best Advisor for Clients, or the Worst?Consumers are ready to be proactive about their financial planning, but we believe that there will be an increasing bifurcation between advisors who cling to a transactional mindset and those who operate as true consultants to their clients.
August 06, 2012
Italy, Spain Resist ECB RequirementNeither Spain nor Italy is prepared to ask the European Central Bank (ECB) for aid in order for the ECB to begin buying their countries bonds. At least not yet.
August 02, 2012
LPL Grabs Russo’s Advantage Financial, $2 Billion in Assets From NPCRusso described the move of 63 advisors to LPL from NPC as a process that Advantage Financial undertook as it created a philosophy reflecting the strong currents that are sweeping through the industry.
August 01, 2012
Bill to Be Introduced Exempting Insurers from SIFI DesignationA senior Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee plans to introduce legislation that would bar federal regulators from designating insurance companies as systemically significant.
August 01, 2012
FSI Adds 2,500 Advisor MembersFSI announced Tuesday that NEXT Financial Group, Transamerica Financial Advisors. and The Strategic Financial Alliance have joined as members, collectively adding 2,500 new independent advisor members to FSI.