JPMorgan Chase & Co said it had hired and would take a stake in InvestCloud, which provides software that makes online transactions easier for customers with banking and investment accounts...
Business continuity and disaster planning has been a focus of the Securities and Exchange Commission in its examinations of Registered Investment Advisors in recent years, following the impact of disasters such as Hurricane Sandy on advisors in...
There's been a great deal of debate in the past several years as to how much, exactly, the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rules will cost advisors. In the past, SIFMA warned that it could cost upwards of $5 billion, but with only seven months...
The fiduciary rule goes into effect in April.
Fiduciary education provider fi360 has introduced a new training program to help advisors understand the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule. The online program consists of five modules that go t...
(Bloomberg) -- Traders who are better at listening to the clues their bodies give them about market patterns make more money and survive longer in the industry, according to a study by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. derivatives trader-turned...
Financial advisors across the country are preparing for the new DOL fiduciary rule that takes effect on April 10, 2017 – or at least they should be. Despite the fact that we are seven months out from the implementation deadline, there is...
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Cybersecurity is one of the biggest compliance issues facing registered investment advisors today, and the regulators are making it a top priority. A new Financial Planning Association survey, sp...
Twenty percent of advisors will likely exit the business voluntarily or involuntarily over the next five years; yet two-thirds of firms don’t have business continuity or succession plans, said Pershing CEO Mark Tibergien, speaking during a...
Changes are afoot.
NorthStar Financial Services is adding a new national accounts team to support the firm’s asset growth and relationships among subsidiaries like Gemini, Orion and CLS Investments. Todd Clarke, the former CEO of CLS, and Bill...
