The Conference Season
By James J. GreenThe fall is conference season for investment advisors and financial planners, marked this year by two of the biggest annual gatherings held just weeks apart--The...
November 06, 2006
Nearly 2,000 Advisors, and Alan GreenspanNearly 3,000 attendees at the 16th annual Schwab Institutional Impact conference, including some 1,900 advisors, heard Alan Greenspan on Nov. 6 laud hedge funds as "extraordinarily important" instruments that expose, then remove inefficiencies in the capital markets. Hedge fund managers' search for "niche returns," Greenspan told the audience at the...
November 01, 2006
Enough AlreadyWhen it comes to professions that Americans love to hate, sitting at the bottom of the barrel in most such surveys are used-car salesmen, journalists,...
November 01, 2006
Good Time to Be an RIAIf Deborah McWhinney should ever want to change jobs, she could easily become the RIA community's designated cheerleader. When asked in an October interview what...
October 29, 2006
Study Finds Good Advisors Are Often Tempting AcquisitionsThere were 228 mergers and acquisitions among U.S. registered investment advisor firms from 2000 to July 2006, with an estimated deal value totaling $1.5 billion, ...
October 29, 2006
Study Finds Good Advisors Are Often Tempting AcquisitionsThere were 228 mergers and acquisitions among U.S. registered investment advisor firms from 2000 to July 2006, with an estimated deal value totaling $1.5 billion, ...
October 23, 2006
FRIAG President Carey Takes New RoleWilliam C. Carey, who since July 2005 has been president of Fidelity Registered Investment Advisor Group (FRIAG), is taking on a new role at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company (FIIS), as EVP of national accounts, effective November 1. During his tenure as FRIAG president, the business grew from $144.8 billion...