Practice

Finding the right time to launch a registered investment advisory firm and the importance of building lasting client connections all play into advisor success.

LPL Financial also pulls an advisory team from RBC, and Cetera hires a chief fiduciary officer for its trust subsidiary.

Retired investor Tracy Driver alleges he was encouraged to put millions into a now delisted media company and then lost more through unauthorized sales of "prized" shares in Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet.

Randy Anderson worked as a broker for nearly 25 years without a complaint before being accused of making unauthorized trades by a client who, his lawyer says, actually ended up saving money.

Jane Buffett claimed in a court filing Tuesday that she's been told by her co-trustee that she's to receive less than $2 million annually,

Contextual guardrails allow financial advisors to put potential losses into tangible and manageable perspective for clients.

A recent report by Cerulli found that more than one-third of affluent investors said they prefer fee-based planning. But advisors on the ground say clients are often confused about fee-related labels and need help understanding pricing models.

A relatively small fraction of financial advisors can speak languages other than English, making multilingual planners a distinctly valuable asset for firms looking to attract and retain clients.

The program to coach Division I players on wealth management concepts comes as they navigate new layers of complexity from new sources of potential pay.