Author: elghoulam

[ad_1] Scaling up and securing your practice’s future begins with clear career paths and compensation models The financial services industry has changed a lot in the last decade, with many successful firms committing to big organizational shifts. No longer the realm of small, siloed operations, today’s productive and scalable firms are becoming more professionalized and… Continue reading Structuring Your Financial Advisory Firm for Success

[ad_1] Investopedia’s updated Retirement Guide—a special edition print magazine—explores where to retire, the latest wealth-building strategies for every age, and how to make savings last as consumers are living and working longer. The 96-page magazine hit newsstands, Amazon, and Magazines.com on Oct. 27 and covers key topics such as how much money you’ll need to… Continue reading Investopedia’s New Retirement Guide Magazine Will Help You Plan Where, How To Retire

[ad_1] Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript October 25, 2023 Raymond James Financial, Inc. misses on earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $2.13 EPS, expectations were $2.28. Kristina Waugh: Good afternoon, and welcome to Raymond James Financial’s Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2023 Earnings Call. This call is being recorded, and will be… Continue reading Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

[ad_1] This week, Charles Schwab Corp. CEO Walt Bettinger called the process of moving registered investment advisors working with TD Ameritrade onto Schwab’s custody platform “imperfect.” A day later, Dan Arnold, CEO of LPL Financial Holdings Inc., a broker-dealer that is increasingly focused on RIA custody, said “opportunity” often results from such combinations. Asked by… Continue reading LPL’s Arnold eyes ‘opportunity’ created by Schwab integration of TD

[ad_1] Fees associated with health savings accounts are falling but only a fraction of account holders use their HSAs as investment vehicles — and financial advisors can help turn around the latter trend, experts said. Morningstar Inc. Thursday released its annual “landscape study” on HSAs, which shows that through the middle of this year, the… Continue reading HSA fees fall, but their use as investment vehicles remains limited

[ad_1] The industry’s top independent broker-dealer now has 22,404 advisors, a record-high headcount. Despite a small slide in profits, LPL Financial had another healthy quarter in advisor recruitments and organic asset growth, and is looking ahead to domination of the entire advisor industry.  “This quarter we continued to see the appeal of our model grow… Continue reading LPL hits record advisor headcount, aims for entire FA market