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Lessons From Merrill’s First 100 Years From Founder’s Son
By Gil WeinreichAs Merrill Lynch approaches its 100th anniversary, Its founder's son, Winthrop Smith, talks to ThinkAdvisor about its heroes and one villain in particular.
December 12, 2013
An Unromanticized Guide to Merging Advisory FirmsGreg Friedman shared lessons from Private Ocean's merger; another panelist at MarketCounsel conference discussed the unthinkable consequences of not having a succession plan.
December 10, 2013
The State of Fiduciary After 1,640 Days: Time for a Reset?Fiduciaries need to apply our risk analysis skills to what could be the most important regulatory action in decades: the SEC's fiduciary rulemaking.
December 10, 2013
Bank Customer Satisfaction Returns to Prerecession LevelsCustomers are happier with their banks despite higher fees, the American Customer Satisfaction Index says. Satisfaction with health insurers rose, too.
December 09, 2013
Lessons on Digital Disruption From Down UnderAn award-winning paper tells advisors how they can avoid being the slowpokes in a two-speed economy seeing a surge of investors flocking to online advice.
December 08, 2013
Social-media lingo, Part 5Confounded by Google+ and Pinterest? Heres a dictionary of terms you need to know.
December 06, 2013
Bogle Hailed as Warrior for the Common InvestorMichael Zeuner and Jim Patrick of Institute for the Fiduciary Standard remain optimistic, tying John Bogle's "investor first" approach to the fiduciary standard.
December 04, 2013
You Can Leave Your Hat(s) On: Two Fiduciary Standards?Creating two fiduciary standards would do nothing to reduce the current state of investor confusion; the real losers would be retail investors.