Experts’ Top Pearls of Wisdom on Practice Management
By James J. GreenThis summer four practice management experts tackled the Herculean task of defining practice management for advisors and addressed the findings of the first Pursuing Practice Excellence study. Here are some of the participants best insights.
August 16, 2012
All For One and One For All: What RIA Roll-Ups Can Teach All AdvisorsCall them what you willconsolidators, holding firms or roll-upsbut these acquirers are showing the way by consolidating operations and achieving greater transparency.
August 14, 2012
Romney or Obama? LPL and FSI Polls DisagreeAs the presidential race heats up with Mitt Romneys choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate, polls from FSI and LPL have reached vastly different conclusions about who will win.
August 10, 2012
NASCAR-Related Index Fund Shut Down After SEC ScrutinyThe SEC's Asset Management Unit charged David Dube and his firm, Peak Wealth Opportunities, on Friday with failing to provide examiners with records of a mutual fund advisory business that invested in NASCAR-related stocks.
August 09, 2012
With 600 RIA Participants Already, Schwab Expands Practice Management ProgramThe free Insight to Action consulting program leads advisors to devise a personalized strategic plan, SAS Vice President Nick Georgis says.
August 08, 2012
Research, AdvisorOne to Cast Light on Murky Fee DisclosuresResearch Magazine, AdvisorOne and Dalbar are teaming up to cast a brighter light upon the shadowy world of retirement plan fee disclosures by exposing providers who make it hard for plan sponsors to fulfill their fiduciary obligations.
August 08, 2012
Going for Gold: Rep. Bachus Wins the Prize for Fuzzy Thinking on RIA SROCongressman Bachus WSJ piece on the benefits of an SRO for advisors sets what might be a world record for faulty assumptions, wrong conclusions and inaccuracies.
August 08, 2012
Regulatory Compliance Adds Partner ProgramRegulatory Compliance has introduced a service intended to streamline service offerings for clients in a clear, logical manner so that they can stay on top of regulatory deadlines and filings.