Tag: Business model

BCG Securities Inc. (BCGS), a broker/dealer and advisory firm, unveiled an adviser recruitment video.

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Among the primary reasons advisers join existing registered investment adviser (RIA) firms are freedom and the potential for greater income.

Financial advisers need to create a Starbucks client experience to drive profitability and growth, according to a white paper on client service. 

Asset management firms with more than $1 billion in assets are driving registered investment adviser (RIA) channel growth.

When considering ethical behavior, the question is not “What would you do?”—it’s “What should you do?”

Independent broker/dealer Securities America has designated October “Continuity Planning Month” to address the gap in understanding of the difference between continuity plans and succession plans.

Multidiscipline practices (MDP) offer benefits to advisers and their clients, but face some unique obstacles, according to a study by NFP Advisor Services Group.

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. and its business segment, Great-West Retirement Services, will now market under the Great-West Financial brand.

 Increasing distribution costs and adviser movement in the asset management industry are causing asset managers to look more closely for growth opportunities. 

The PLANSPONSOR 2012 Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year and Adviser Team of the Year shared some information about practice management in a final conference session.

403(b) plans offer advisers access to a large amount of assets.

“We consult with advisers on best practices,” Anders Smith, senior vice president, national sales manager, DCIO and strategic platforms at Nuveen Investments, told conference attendees.

Growth is ripe in the micro market – between $1 million and $5 million in retirement plan assets

Over the next 16 months, Transamerica Retirement Services and Diversified will move to one brand: Transamerica Retirement Solutions.

The professional retirement plan adviser profession will be fundamentally transformed during the next three years, according to a study from Diversified.

Asset managers are missing their most profitable opportunities with financial advisers, a study shows.  

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division rebuilt its intermediary website, www.massmutual.com/edge.

Asset managers are considering creating positions dedicated to covering smaller consultants and high-end retirement specialist advisers.