Scottrade Selects Dow Jones Adviser to Improve Registered Investment Advisors' Market Awareness and Communication
Registered Investment Advisors Benefit from Consolidated Market News in a Single Interface
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online investing firm Scottrade has selected Dow Jones Adviser to provide its registered investment advisors (RIAs) the actionable market, investment and practice management news, commentary and analysis they need to better manage their businesses and their clients' portfolios. Dow Jones Adviser combines editorial content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and Dow Jones Newswires in one place with sophisticated functionality for search, screening and display across all asset classes.
"Scottrade Advisor Services is committed to offering RIAs the tools and information they need to stay ahead of their clients' questions and quickly address their financial needs," said Steve Walkenbach, executive director of business and product development for Scottrade. "By making Dow Jones Adviser available through Scottrade Advisor Services, we are equipping RIAs with the content and tools they need to manage and grow their practice, which adds up to a tremendous competitive advantage."
Scottrade Advisor Services, a division of Scottrade, Inc., provides personalized business, trading and technology support to empower RIAs to help investors reach their savings goals. In addition to providing online trading services and tools, Scottrade Advisor Services assists advisors with their business and trading needs by providing an individualized, dedicated Relationship Team to each advisor.
Dow Jones Adviser provides succinct talking points to help advisors prepare for and have more meaningful discussions with their clients. Advisors also benefit from highly structured and detailed summaries of what is happening in particular markets and securities, giving them the ability to quickly summarize and communicate the impact of major events to their clients.
"Financial advisors need to focus on advising their clients and running their practices efficiently, so they have little time to cull through large amounts of information," said Joe Cappitelli, vice president of Financial Markets at Dow Jones. "Dow Jones Adviser consolidates all the market, investing and practice management intelligence advisors need in one place. As a result, they can communicate more effectively with current clients, stay abreast of market and industry movements and productively manage their practices."
In addition to market-leading news and analysis from the global Dow Jones editorial team, Dow Jones Adviser offers focused news, commentary and analysis on issues facing financial advisors selected or written by a dedicated team of wealth management-focused editors. Coverage includes daily updates on philanthropy, retirement, estate planning, tax strategies, compliance, and insight on movement and ideas across the financial services community.
To learn more about topics that are affecting the wealth management industry, visit the Dow Jones Financial Adviser blog at http://blogs.wsj.com/financial-adviser/. For more information about Dow Jones Adviser, visit www.dj.com/wm/djarelease, and to learn more about Dow Jones, visit www.dowjones.com.
About Scottrade Advisor Services
Scottrade Advisor Services is a division of Scottrade, Inc., dedicated to supporting the needs of independent registered investment advisors. Scottrade Advisors Services' low commissions coupled with personalized customer service through dedicated relationship teams makes Scottrade Advisor Services an exceptional value for advisors looking to grow their practices. With no advisor enrollment fee and no minimum asset requirement, Scottrade Advisor Services has the account management tools for advisor practices of any size. For more information, please visit https://advisor.scottrade.com and follow us on Twitter.
About Scottrade
As a leading online investing firm, Scottrade offers a full line of investment products, online trading services and market research tools to help investors take control of their financial future. Founded in 1980, Scottrade is dedicated to personalized customer service and value, providing customers the convenience of buying many stocks online at just $7 per trade and the support of the largest branch network among online investment firms, with more than 475 nationwide branch offices. Scottrade has been named one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America for three consecutive years. For more information, visit www.scottrade.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com) and a leading provider of global news and business information. Its principal products include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Barron's and MarketWatch. Through its Local Media Group, Dow Jones operates community-based newspapers and Web sites. Dow Jones also provides news content to television and radio stations.
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