Practice Management

Fidelity Investments will be unveiling a new fee structure as well as enhanced reporting and payment processes for advisers who sell its plans.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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,...

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.

Top custodians said they attracted more advisers to independence in 2009.

A research report indicates that banks are capturing an increased share of retirement plan rollover assets from affluent investors.

PLANSPONSOR, an Asset International company, has announced the finalists for its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

As the defined contribution (DC) arena becomes more complex and competitive for financial advisers, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) is focusing its efforts on a lineup of retirement...

Sallie Krawcheck, head of the global wealth and investment management division at Bank of America (BofA), said reports of brokers leaving in droves are greatly exaggerated, Reuters reported.

Despite reports that many Americans are delaying retirement, the majority of surveyed advisers said their clients’ confidence in their ability to retire remains steady.

A new report suggests that more financial advisers (FAs) at the national broker/dealers (B/Ds) are reluctant to follow home office model portfolio recommendations. 

Advisers with retirement plan sponsor clients have total assets under management (AUM) more than 40% higher than their peers, according to Cogent Research.

Nearly half of registered investment advisers (RIAs) reported gaining clients and improving client satisfaction in the last year, according to the latest study of how RIAs fared during...

Most advisers don’t see independent online brokerages as a threat to their businesses—but a new report suggests they might be.