New rules aimed at preventing registered investment advisors from pulling off ponzi schemes take effect Friday. Among other things, RIAs firms that hold clients assets in custody will be required to undergo annual surprise audits, conducted by independent public accountants. ...
You know things are getting hairy when clients starting turning guns on their financial advisors. A disgruntled client opened fire on a financial advisor and his son in Dallas, Texas Monday afternoon. According to a colleague of the financial advisor, the gunman, Robert Mustard, 60, was unhappy about a bad investment he made in some Fannie Mae bonds. ...
The mainstream press on the left and the right is lately beating the drum for the fiduciary standard. It’s hard to know whether this kind of media attention will change any minds in Washington, but it could certainly influence brokerage clients, many of whom have already been migrating to investment advisers who act as fiduciaries on the RIA side of the business. ...
A new website is trying to cash in on the social networking craze and resolve some of the thorny regulatory questions that social networking sites raise for financial advisors. ...
Senator Christopher Dodd plans to introduce his financial regulatory reform bill Monday without Republican support. He’s still hopeful that negotiations with Senator Bob Corker (R.-Tenn.) will succeed, however, he said in a statement Thursday morning. Previous negotiations with Senator Richard Shelby (R.- Ga.) fell apart last month. ...
Mar 10, 2010 2:49 PM, By Andre Cappon, Guy Manuel, Stephan Mignot*
In all financial advisory sales forces—from stockbrokers to insurance agents to financial advisors and planners—trainee or “novice” producers go through an early career phase of three to four years, during which they learn the business, build a clientele and prove to themselves and to their employer that they are ready for a challenging but rewarding career....
A new website is trying to cash in on the social networking craze and resolve some of the thorny regulatory questions that social networking sites raise for financial advisors. ...
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