No More "FRIAG"
By James J. GreenFidelity Investments announced September 18 that it is renaming its advisor custody unit Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services to reflect the "evolving role that trust institutions and third-party administrators (TPAs) also play in meeting the wealth management needs of investors," noting that assets in personal trusts are expected to in crease...
September 07, 2007
Pershing Advisor Solutions Names Mark Tibergien CEOPershing LLC announced September 6 that it has named Mark Tibergien as CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions (PAS), and as a member of Pershing's executive committee. Tibergien, currently a principal and partner in charge of the securities niche at Moss Adams in Seattle and a long-time Investment Advisor columnist, will...
August 31, 2007
How I'm Building Scalability Into My PracticeIt's been five months now since my journey began and I am finding the transition from employee to business owner requires a lot of time...
August 24, 2007
Vision, Strategy, TacticsRemember the commercial with the guy who slaps his forehead and says, "I could've had a V8!"? I felt like that guy recently, but instead...
August 16, 2007
If You Do It . . . They Will ComeDo what, you ask? Why, financial planning of course. Now I'm not talking about the off-the-shelf variety where you spend a little bit of time...
August 12, 2007
They're Buying Advice, Not a PortfolioPeople express their trust in you, or lack thereof, in different ways. This week brought with it some interesting and encouraging developments. I had a...
August 08, 2007
A Little Magic for the RIA IndustryIt didn't take a wizard to predict that sales for J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be a record breaker for the...
August 07, 2007
McColgan Resigns From FidelityEllyn A. McColgan, president of Fidelity Investments Distribution and Operations, has resigned in order to pursue opportunities outside of the company