Tag: Wealth Management

Archimedes Systems, Inc., and Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions LLC announced the launch of RothProfessional.com, a Web portal to aid advisers with Roth individual retirement account (IRA) conversions.

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,...

A recent study found that retired households receiving financial advice had more assets after a 10-year period than households that did not.

Transamerica Asset Management Group has teamed up with Wellington Management to offer the Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth fund to retail investors in April.

E*Trade has rolled out a new advice solution that it says will “help investors navigate complex market dynamics.”

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.

Nuveen Investments announced its online 2010 Roth IRA Conversion Center is now available to advisers and investors.

If implemented, financial advisers said a fiduciary standard would put an increased focus on financial planning and fee-based advisory services, according to an industry report.

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

A recent survey for Union Bank found 90% of Americans agree that financial stress can affect one's health.

Putnam Investments has launched a new Roth IRA Conversion Resource Center for financial advisers.

For the first time ever, affluent investors now report having more dollars allocated to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) than to employer-sponsored retirement plans (ESRPs), according to Cogent Research.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney was the highest-ranked wirehouse among affluent and high-net-worth (HNW) investors, according to Cogent Research’s list of top fund distributors.

New York Life Insurance Company has tapped Ibbotson Associates to help develop a set of tools "to help registered representatives account for their clients’ total economic wealth and...

Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to use, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January.

Financial intermediaries now do more than one-third of their mutual fund business in products recommended from their home office, according to a survey by kasina and Horsesmouth.

Robert McCann, CEO of UBS Wealth Management Americas, has filled out the firm’s leadership team with former Merrill Lynch executives, according to news reports.

Fund managers polled late last year were significantly more optimistic about their business prospects than those surveyed at mid-year, according to Cerulli Associates.

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.