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Robert Jenkins to Lead FRC
By staff WriterA former Fidelity Investments executive is taking over as president of Financial Research Corp.
May 24, 2011
Advisors Take Note: Millionaires Tired of Handling InvestmentsMillionaires just aren’t having as much fun managing their own money these days. Not only that, they’d rather that someone else did it for them—so says a new Spectrem Group study, “Millionaire Investors 2011, Vol. 1,” released Tuesday.
May 19, 2011
LPL Financial Awarded Advisory Solutions Product of the YearThe BD’s Model Wealth Portfolios win with Money Management Institute.
May 19, 2011
Raymond James Says April Fees, Commissions Up 2%RJ's Average fees and commissions were about $34,400 per FA last month, and average AUM is roughly $53 million per rep.
May 19, 2011
New Hire Roundup: National Advisor Trust Gains Alfred; Lewis, Morris Team Under LemayNational Advisors Trust welcomed James D. Alfred to the fold, while Jeannie Lewis and Bryan Morris went to Deloitte under the leadership of April Lemay.
May 16, 2011
BridgePortfolio, RIA Back Office Provider, Sells to Insignis−Possible Trend?The announcement comes on the heels of the Advent Software/ Black Diamond deal last week.
May 13, 2011
Capital Analysts Adds Shore Morgan Young to Flat-Fee Affiliation ModelThe deal with Shore Morgan Young means that Capital Analysts has more then $8 billion in assets and over 330 affiliated financial advisors.
May 12, 2011
Baird Hires Morgan Stanley Exec as New Regional DirectorMichael J. Schroeder, president of Baird’s private-wealth group, also announced several changes to its management team.