Smith Barney Launches Plan Report Card
Smith Barney launched the Plan Performance Report Card, a new tool that illustrates a plan's relative success and improvement.
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National Planning Holdings Launches Advisory Platform
Independent broker/dealer network National Planning Holdings, Inc. (NPH), today announced the launch of an advisory platform for its affiliated advisers.
John Hancock Adds Emerging Markets Fund to 529 Lineup
The John Hancock Funds II Emerging Markets Value Fund was added to four of the John Hancock Freedom 529 college savings plan enrollment-based portfolios and one of its...
LPL Expands in RIA, Hybrid Markets
LPL Financial Corporation is expanding its product and service offering with introduction of an integrated adviser solution platform, supporting independent registered investment advisers (RIA) and hybrid (dually registered)...
IMHO: Storm Surge
Over the past several weeks, I’ve received a dozen different inquiries from providers and advisers, all wanting to know if we’re seeing any pickup in provider changes.
IMHO: Storm Surge
Over the past several weeks, I’ve received a dozen different inquiries from providers and advisers, all wanting to know if we’re seeing any pickup in provider changes.
Advisers Should Leverage Sales Assistants
Many sales assistants offer their advisers a versatile and valuable business partner, and research shows assistants are interested in expanding beyond their traditional administrative role.
PIMCO’s Thompson to Step Down
PIMCO Co-Chief Executive Bill Thompson will retire at year-end 2008, the company announced.
World Equity Markets See Negative Three-month Period
The world’s developed and emerging equity markets both lost ground in August, and have produced double-digit, negative returns over the past three-months, according to Standard&Poor’s.
Judge Turns Away Principal Revenue Sharing Case Class Action Bid
Faced with overseeing a class action lawsuit that could have represented as many as 57,000 401(k) plans at the Principal Financial Group, a federal judge in Iowa has...
New 403(b) Plan Solution Available for Small Plans
Millikin Mandt Associates, Inc. is offering what it calls “a very competitive†403(b) plan solution focusing on the small plan (fewer than 200 employee) marketplace.
S&P Announces Housing ETFs
Standard&Poor's has licensed MacroMarkets LLC to launch exchange-listed products based on the S&P /Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.
Worker Finances Stretched Too Thin to Save
A third of workers are not participating in a retirement plan.
Gen X,Y Could Use More Savings Help
Younger workers are aware of the importance of saving for retirement, but it just seems so far away, they say as they cash out their 401(k)s.
SPARK Answers Questions about 403(b) Best Practices
The SPARK Institute released a question and answer Web page to address questions it received following the release of its “Best Practices for 403(b) Plans Information Sharingâ€″ Minimum...
Van Eck Introduces Hard Assets ETF
New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched the Market Vectors-RVE Hard Assets Producers exchange-traded fund (HAP).
Genworth Adds Service Offerings for Independent Advisers
Genworth Financial, Inc., expanded its service offerings in its wealth management business through Quantuvis Consulting, a practice management provider.
The Generation that Keeps on Giving
Millionaires in Generation X seem more philanthropic than their parents.
UMAs Need More Standardization
New research says rapid growth in unified managed accounts (UMAs) will be stinted if the need for industry standardization and automation isn’t addressed.
R Factor Index Helps Advisers Grow Business
R Factor, announced today by Robinson&Associates, Inc., uses a methodology to predict and capture future revenue.