Tag: Practice management

Research findings published by LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute suggest some affluent investors are test driving robo-advisers and shopping around for the best tech-enabled wealth management. 

Fidelity suggests six steps for advisers to embrace technology.

The move is in response to a growing number of advisers offering retirement services.

Two in three older advisory clients are seeking help with income planning, but only one-third of financial professionals actively advise about indexed annuities.

Celent shares helpful tips for how to choose and smoothly implement new advisory practice technologies—and why embracing new tech is not really an option.

The perceived cost of advice can prevent Americans actually seeking it.

Compared with other generations, they want cheaper homes, more vacations, fewer working years.

The way investors treat their assets is changing, especially among Millennials.

If any conclusions can be drawn about the expanding use of so-called robo adviser technologies, it’s that automation is not an all-or-nothing game. 

Women have the responsibility of making financial decisions, but not the confidence.

Completely insulating a business from cybersecurity risk is probably a pipedream in the modern world, but retirement plan advisers will be on the hook if, or when, a...

More plan sponsors are looking to expand their plan’s mobile capabilities. We ask what retirement plan advisers need to know about leveraging mobile tech.

The use of social media, particularly LinkedIn, with financial professionals continues to grow, and many say they have seen a related performance boost. 

Most financial advice professionals feel “daunted by the task of forging their own path and the accompanying headaches,” according to research by Cerulli Associates.

Millennials are early adopters, but Gen X is nudging its way into the action.

PlanMember Financial Corporation says it will “ally” with Washington-based Interpacific Investors Services Inc., a national marketing and distribution firm.

During the storms of August, Republicans dropped equities like hot potatoes and Millennials turned to a familiar source of comfort.