Building Your Business
Explore the latest industry news and advice that can help financial advisors build and grow successful practices.
Take time for continuity planning
By David HollanderThe solo practitioner needs to consider and reevaluate their firms' business continuity plan. FINRA rules control how these plans should be created and ultimately distributed to your customers. The purpose of the FINRA requirement, found in
January 01, 2009
Schwab Reorganizes; Fidelity Hires; Pershing ProvidesThe three major custodians of RIA assets announced big executive changes and a new practice management program in just over a month. First, the largest RIA...
January 01, 2009
Fixing Fiduciary FailingsThe Retirement Advisor Profile The advisor: Blaine Aiken The firm: fi360 The Web site: www.fi360.com The approach: Promoting the fiduciary standard worldwide, and educating companies and individuals as to...
January 01, 2009
Green Giving"We at Alger have been expanding our charitable activities in both participation and donations for about seven years now, trying to focus on giving back...
January 01, 2009
Outsource for SuccessRecent market volatility has led many financial advisors to yearn for more efficient and profitable businesses. Particularly as portfolios have precipitously plummeted, many advisors whose...
January 01, 2009
Bank of America, Merrill Seal the DealWirehouse BDs BofA, Merrill Seal the Deal Bank of America and Merrill Lynch shareholders have approved BofA's purchase of Merrill. And, according to Merrill Lynch, the vast...
January 01, 2009
What to Do with the Family BusinessCreating The right recipe for a successful transfer of a family business to a child, requires several special ingredients. The child needs to be well...