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Targeted Communications Could Help Achieve Plan Results >

March 11, 2010 -- Mercer said its recent effort with Synapses Inc., a provider of personalized 401(k) education, products, and services, indicates using targeted employee communications can achieve better plan results.

Advisers Look for More than Product-Pushing from Wholesalers >

March 10, 2010 -- Amid the financial crisis, financial advisers reported they are increasingly relying on internal wholesalers at asset management firms, according to a study by the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Providers Vie for TPA Attention >

March 09, 2010 -- Particularly in the small-plan market, retirement plan providers are seeing more business come through third-party administrators (TPAs)—and, as a result, are ramping up their efforts to attract TPAs.

RIAs Plan to Grow Business, Use More Social Media >

March 08, 2010 -- Almost half (46%) of surveyed registered investment advisers (RIA) are looking to social media to gain new clients, according to a survey by Rydex|SGI.

Schwab Head Optimistic about Poaching from Wirehouses >

March 02, 2010 -- Bernie Clark, head of Charles Schwab Advisor Services, expects to continue gain more assets from the wirehouse channel, he said at an event today in New York City.

How to Find Plan Sponsor Prospects through Social Networking >

Feb 25, 2010 -- Retirement plan advisers can use industry resources and social-networking tools to gain new plan sponsor clients.

Wirehouses Plan Retention, Recruitment for 2010 >

Feb 24, 2010 -- Wells Fargo and Bank of America (BofA)’s Merrill Lynch plan to add more brokers to catch up to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Independent Advisers Want to Make Business Changes >

Feb 16, 2010 -- More than half of independent advisers said their clients have modified their expectations of retirement lifestyle or plan to delay retirement, according to a survey by Curian Capital, LLC.

RIAs Focus on Practice Management in 2010 >

Feb 05, 2010 -- Now that the storm has subsided, independent advisers are putting more focus on their business, such as marketing and technology, according to a survey by TD AMERITRADE Institutional.

How Many Brokers Really Went Independent in 2009? >

Feb 04, 2010 -- Top custodians said they attracted more advisers to independence in 2009.


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