Tax deductions for meals come with a 50% limit in most cases. Here's a mini guide to noshing breaks for financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients.

The American Securities Association accuses the industry regulator of violating federal sunshine law for rebuffing its requests for insight into more than $3 billion in recent settlements with Wall Street giants.

An industry lawyer says the firm's liability in a complex insurance-related scam will hinge on what it "should have known" or "must have known."

Revisiting his predictions from 2017, he doubles down on the importance of firms adapting to embrace industry trends — and offers some new forecasts.

Advisors will find the lowest, near-zero fund. Do they read the fine print?

Players on both sides of the fence are being forced to rethink past practices.

An increasingly popular form of lending enables financial advisors and their clients to offset capital gains and find other tax savings.

An annual RIA compensation survey suggests that firms are paying a pretty penny for financial advisors — but reaping healthy profits.

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The Financial Services Institute is pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt formal procedures to prevent what it deems the sometimes capricious enforcement of industry rules.

The higher standard deduction since 2017 has dramatically reduced itemization. But the new law provides incentive for teachers to consider whether that's feasible.

Political instability and other pressures are feeding some clients' portfolio fears, advisors say in this month's Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook.