Marketing and Communications
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What Firms Claim About Their Brokers’ Fiduciary Duty (and Lack Thereof)
By Bob ClarkBroker-dealers publicly market themselves as putting their clients first. But when it comes to arbitration cases, they sing a different tune.
May 21, 2015
Sallie Krawcheck: Ellevating Leadership—The 2015 IA 35 for 35Ellevate Networks leader stresses the importance of women to management and to the industry.
May 21, 2015
Women: ‘The Largest Emerging Market in the World’The conversation is shifting from "stark gender comparisons toward discussions that focus on how the investing world must adapt and embrace women," says Mellody Hobson.
May 20, 2015
George Kinder: Life Planning Is the Future—The 2015 IA 35 for 35"It's really impossible to be a fiduciary without being a life planner," Kinder says.
May 20, 2015
On Wall Street, if You Earn More You Cheat More, Study FindsMore than a third of the highest paid financial professionals have firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing, and many say compensation plans incentivize lawbreaking, the study found.
May 20, 2015
Clients Deserve a Clear Choice Between Sales and AdviceThere's nothing wrong with commissions as long as the clients understand that they are getting sold rather than advised.
May 19, 2015
Top 10 Colleges With Best Career Value: BrookingsThe Brookings Institution's college rankings attempt to measure the impact each school has on grads' mid-career earnings while filtering out the impact of students' backgrounds.
May 19, 2015
Clients Want Personalized Service, Not Just Returns: Hartford FundsAdvisors need to create context for wealth and what it means for clients' retirement lifestyle, a survey found.