retirement services

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  New Hire Roundup: Westport Resources Promotes DeLaura

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2013

  This week in new hires, Westport Resources promoted Christopher DeLaura and added Ashley Schexnaildre, and Susan Axelrod was promoted and Jonathan Sokobin was added by FINRA.

• Phoenix Report Shows Channel Distinctions

  By Janet Levaux  |  April 29, 2013

  There’s no question that financial advisors follow mutual fund and exchange-traded fund companies very closely, and it’s an equal certainty that among those fund firms, advisors have their favorite mutual fund and ETF brands.

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  Top 10 Fund Brands: RIA, IBD, Wirehouse Advisors’ Favorites

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 3, 2013

  When it comes to naming names, advisors predictably pick all the big fund firms as their favorites. But look at Phoenix's survey more closely, and fascinating patterns are revealed.

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  New Hire Roundup: Benartzi to Serve as Achaean Academic Advisor

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 24, 2012

  This week in new hires, Achaean Financial announced that Professor Shlomo Benartzi would become its first academic advisor, and Michele Wein Layne was named regional director of the SEC’s Los Angeles regional office.

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  New Hire Roundup: Bowen Is Acting Chair at SIPC; Pologe Goes to Genworth

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 29, 2012

  This week in new hires, Genworth welcomed David Pologe and David Ford joined Securities America.

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  New Hire Roundup: Dubois and Wassmann Join LPL; Jenks Goes to Putnam; Adams to EBRI

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 2, 2011

  This week in new hires, Dubois and Wassmann join LPL; Stephen Jenks went to Putnam Investments; Nevin Adams joined EBRI; Donald L. McDonald became CEO at Prime Advisors; HighTower brought in Ann Rieder; and Barclays added 6 new advisors.

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  Breakaway 401(k)s

  By Tom Gonnella  |  November 1, 2011

  Next spring, 72 million Americans will open their quarterly 401(k) statements and, for the first time, they will see the true cost of their retirement investments spelled out in new fee disclosures.

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  New Hires Roundup: BondDesk Adds Bang; JHS Capital Gains Maguire Investments; Kern Is President of Advisor Partners

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 18, 2011

  This week in new hires, Curley goes to Genworth; Goldman, Gendreau join Cetera; Polk adds Crandall; Herrera goes to AUL.

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  DFA Shows New Focus on Retirement Planning at Chicago Conference

  By Elizabeth MacBride  |  July 14, 2011

  Fund company rolls out ‘Managed DC’ product for U.S. market, following Bill Bradley speech on U.S. retirement challenges.

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  New Hire Roundup: Wolfe Goes to DTCC, Dorsey Joins Advisor Software

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 14, 2011

  This week in new hires, DTCC brought in Bari Jane Wolfe to fill a newly created position and Steve Dorsey came to Advisor Software. Also, Thomas Roberts joined Groom Law Group as part of its fiduciary responsibility group.