Ann Marsh

Morningstar is now rating active fund managers against a composite of passive managers, net of fees, every six months.

A Morgan Stanley exec and other industry experts urge financial planners to embrace this approach to making investments, popular with both millennials and women.

Advisors play a crucial role in keeping clients accountable to their retirement savings plans, according to experts at the Morningstar conference.

The commission ups its scrutiny of retirement-focused advisors and broker-dealers as elder fraud skyrockets, securities lawyer says.

Brian Ourand, former president of SFX Financial Advisory, stole $670,000 from clients, the SEC alleges; his former CCO and SFX agree to pay fines to the SEC.

Two former National Planning Corporation brokers "are just normal dudes and they just screwed up," says a lawyer for one of the men.

Pershing CIO Ram Nagappan offers a framework to help advisors think about how to transform their businesses to digital.

Roll-up firm adds six advisors from the insurer and one more from Hutchinson Financial.

Planners agree that the strategy is a boon for high-income clients, but controversy swirls around the issue of timing.

SEC sends contradictory message, critics say, urging the public's vigilance yet displaying leniency to a deceitful advisor.

A federal grand jury has indicted a former broker with Securities America and Investors Security Company on 16 criminal counts ranging from wire fraud to money laundering.

Incomplete BrokerCheck reports give investors a false sense of security, critics say; Some Google searches do better.

Two federal agencies have charged William Quigley, Trident Partners' ex-compliance chief, with using his position to defraud overseas investors.

In all, 81% of advisors surveyed said they used or recommended ETFs versus 78% who used or recommended mutual funds, according to an annual FPA survey.

Put affluent clients' annual contributions into an IRA and then convert it to a Roth on the same day, says Aspiriant's Ray Edwards.

Enhanced programs will likely include financial planners. The initiative follows earlier legislation prompted by a Financial Planning investigation.

New rules would bog down independent advisors in 'busywork' without producing enforcement gains, Brian Hamburger argues.

Three bank breakaways join two former colleagues who started the independent firm Standard Investment Advisors last year.

Tax advice focuses on reducing adjusted gross income, accelerating and decelerating income and other strategies.

Planners learn strategies for guiding soldiers and veterans on unique financial challenges.