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Merrill: Using Clients’ Emotions to Build Better Portfolios
By Jane Wollman RusoffMerrill's Michael Liersch is using behavioral finance to zero in on clients unique investment personalities to reach better outcomes.
June 30, 2014
LPL’s Largest Hybrid Is on a Wild Growth TearIndependent Financial Partners CEO Bill Hamm explains how the firm increased AUM from $3.3 billion to $5.2 billion in a year.
June 30, 2014
Best Investment Firms Ranked by Advisors: J.D. Power 2014 Satisfaction StudyOverall, advisors are comfortable with their firms, but many are unhappy about their latest pay packages, according to the J.D. Power Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.
June 27, 2014
ThinkAdvisor’s 2014 Q2 Earnings Calendar for the Finance SectorA list of Q2 earnings release dates for companies of interest to financial advisors and investors
June 26, 2014
Raymond James, Baird, Wells Fargo Add Reps From RivalsThe freshly recruited teams include families as well as individual advisors.
June 25, 2014
Mutiny? Brokers Are Embracing Fiduciary Standard, if Not Their EmployersDeutsche Bank suit and countersuit show that some brokers are putting their clients' interests first even when their employers dictate otherwise.
June 18, 2014
Merrill Taps Veteran Exec for Affluent OperationsMike Bitterly returns to the Thundering Herd after work with BlackRock.
June 17, 2014
Scarred Reputations Costing Financial Firms BillionsSix years after the financial crisis, financial services firms are still burdened by reputational and customer service issues, according to a Makovsky survey.