August 17, 2018

The Best Technology Event for Advisors that You’ve Never Heard Of

One of the best and most significant annual technology conferences for advisors is one that is not open to advisors: The TD Ameritrade Institutional Technology Summit. […]
January 18, 2017

Advicent and Janney Montgomery Scott announce strategic technology partnership

Advicent, a leading financial planning technology provider, announced this morning their strategic partnership with Janney Montgomery Scott (Janney), a full-service wealth management, financial services and investment […]
January 17, 2017

Advisor Group Unveils Enhancements to Create Competitive Advantages in Fiduciary Era

Advisor Group, one of the nation’s largest networks of independent financial advisory firms, comprised of SagePoint Financial, FSC Securities Corporation, Woodbury Financial and Royal Alliance, last week […]
January 16, 2017

T3 Announces Job Fair for CFP Students, Feb 14-17, 2017 in California

Thinking of attending the T3 Advisor Conference in February? Here is yet another reason! New this year: A job fair for entry-level financial planners and multiple […]
January 16, 2017

RightCapital Launches Enterprise Solution; Inks Deal With Parsonex

RightCapital announced last week the release of an enterprise solution version of the firm’s financial planning platform. Its planning software platform includes capabilities to help advisors comply […]
December 20, 2016

3 Simple Business Resolutions for 2017

The number of Americans that make New Year’s resolutions each year hovers somewhere around 45%, according to most studies. Wanna know what percentage of those making […]
December 19, 2016

Quick Takes: AskTRAK by Trust Builders, Inc

This article is the first in what I hope will be a frequent column that supplies readers with a quick overview of a product or service […]
December 15, 2016

Big PIEtech Coup: MoneyGuidePro and MyMoneyGuide Lab to Power Schwab Intelligent Advisory Service

When Schwab recently announced the launch of Schwab Intelligent Advisory, the firm stated that “Clients will complete a self-guided online planning tool focused on their specific […]
December 15, 2016

Will Schwab Upend the Advisory Business?

Charles Schwab recently announced plans to expand its suite of wealth management and advisory services with the launch of Schwab Intelligent Advisory, a hybrid advisory service […]
December 8, 2016

Larkspur Data and RiXtrema Partner to Provide Quantitative Ratings

Larkspur Data, a leading provider of targeted data and market intelligence for financial advisors in the 401k/qualified plan industry, and RiXtrema, a leading provider of risk management tools […]
December 8, 2016

Mobile Communication Archiving Company Acquired by Smarsh

Smarsh®, the well-known provider of cloud-based information archiving solutions for compliance, e-discovery and risk management, has completed the acquisition of MobileGuard, a company that provides mobile communication monitoring […]
December 6, 2016

Trust Builders Introduces Online Plan Participant Tools, Batch Processing to Create Retirement Readiness Reports

Trust Builders, Inc, a company specializing in retirement modeling, analysis and illustration software for 401(k), 403(b) and government retirement plan advisors, announced the release of its […]
December 2, 2016

Is Paper Jamming Up Your DOL Preparations?

If there’s one thing that the has become apparent as firms prepare for the implementation of the Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule in April it is […]