LPL Financial Advisor to Aid Professionals 'in Transition'
By Janet LevauxBob Fragasso, president of Fragasso Financial Advisors in Pittsburgh, says the LPL Financial-affiliated firm is offering some services for free to local professionals who have...
May 26, 2009
Ironically, Good Times for RIAsIf you would indulge me, I'd like to break from my normal RIA update and editorialize a bit. "It was the best of times; it was...
May 18, 2009
Get Organized, and Get Better ClientsHave you ever needed to find a particular document or spreadsheet on your computer but couldn't? Sure, you can search for it, but sometimes that...
May 13, 2009
Five Questions for the Top Independent RIA CustodianBarnaby Grist, Senior Managing Director, Strategic Business Development, Schwab Advisor Services, Charles Schwab, shares his views on trends in the industry.
May 11, 2009
Choosing a New CustodianIt's been eight months since I began the task of selecting a new custodian. I now have three months under my belt with the new...
May 01, 2009
Game ChangerIf you believe his critics, Barack Obama is an agent of socialism whose economic and social agenda includes nothing less than the goal of massively...
May 01, 2009
Pershing Service for RIAs at B/DsResponding to the growth of dually registered representatives, Pershing LLC introduced April 16 a new service for its affiliated broker/dealer firms called RIA Complete, which...
May 01, 2009
LPL Financial Makes Push for 'ClientsFirst'LPL Financial, the independent broker-dealer serving some 11,890 independent advisors, has launched a program called ClientsFirst to help FAs attract, convert and retain new clients....