Advisor Business
Is The CFA Designation Overtaking The CFP As The Pre-Eminent Designation For Providing Financial Advice To Individuals?
Whether financial planning will become the framework for client relationships over the next decade is a big unknown. Financial planning was on its way to becoming the way—the methodology for advising consumers in America. But the movement is stalled.
Buyers For Securities America, Morgan Keegan May Be Scarce, Recruiter Says
While the industry is speculating about at least one potential buyer for Securities America, the dearth of public candidates indicates the fundamental fact that there are too many sellers and not enough buyers out there right now.
Just Because England And Australia Are Banning Commissions Does Not Mean The US Will Follow Suit
Financial advisors in the UK and Australia will soon be barred from accepting commissions. That’s led many experts in the U.S. to say America will follow suit. Is that true?
Another Ponzi Lawsuit Against Questar Capital Opens Up
Questar Capital just got a class action lawsuit against itself dismissed a few months ago, but now another of its brokers has sparked a second round of legal action.
If The Mutual Fund Store Is For Sale, Nobody Told Founder Adam Bold
Despite reports that the $6 billion Kansas RIA known as the Mutual Fund Store has hired JPMorgan to shop it around to potential buyers, its founder says the idea is news to him.
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- Comments From Advisors On The Trouble With The CFP Business Model Show Planners Themselves Are Skeptical About Making A Living On Financial Planning
- Annuities Brokers Applaud Iowa's New Rules On Insurance-Based Investment Advice
- Compliance, Other Costs Forcing Wealth Managers To Evolve Or Die, PricewaterhouseCoopers Says
- CFP Board Crackdown Prompts Disciplinary Measures For Another 26 Planners
