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What Wealthfront’s Attack on Betterment Is Really About
By Bernice NapachThe real competition for Wealthfront is with the other 99.9% of industry assets that arent managed by ANY robo-advisor," says Michael Kitces.
July 06, 2015
HD Vest on Track to Add 620 Advisors in 2015The firm is "having a great year," CEO Roger Ochs told ThinkAdvisor.
July 02, 2015
Pentagon Honors Wells Fargo Advisor for ServiceStephen H. Lee has raised over $5 million to support USO programs for wounded soldiers.
July 01, 2015
Focus Financial Adds $1B RIA in ChicagoAlso, Raymond James adds a $390 million independent-employee group in Beaufort, S.C., from Wells Fargo.
June 30, 2015
FINRA Earnings Surge as Fines DoubleThe self-regulator collected more than twice the amount of fines in 2014 as it did a year earlier, though the number of fines fell.
June 30, 2015
Merrill Adds $750M Ex-Barclays Group in HoustonThe group was part of Lehman Brothers until 2008.
June 26, 2015
Krawcheck: Want to Shrink Your Business? Ignore WomenThe retirement crisis is a women's crisis, Sallie Krawcheck says, as some 80% of men die married, and 80% of women die single.
June 25, 2015
6 Social Media Strategies for AdvisorsNot sure how to get started on social media? Overwhelmed by the options or the perceived time soak? Help is here.