Ann Marsh

As four officials begin terms as volunteer chairmen of CFP Board councils, a former panel chairman highlights the challenges they may face.

A survey of 500 mass affluent investors by an industry association finds -- conveniently -- high awareness and use of nontraded REITs.

Royal Securities to pay $175,000 in FINRA fines over non-traditional ETF sales, church bonds and other violations.

The company reports asset and revenue growth but "regrettable" advisor attrition.

Cambridge's Amy Webber says promotion is next step in complex internal succession plan.

A deep Morningstar analysis finds stocks to be safer bets than even Treasury bills over the long haul.

LPL Financial is positioning itself as a simplifying agent for advisors facing a stream of new technological innovation.

A Laserfiche study finds better content management can improve firms' sale valuations by between $242K and $3.6M.

Many wirehouse advisors had to change their compensation disclosure following an abrupt change last fall by the CFP Board.

The board's plans focus on aggressive growth, increased awareness of mark and regulatory impact.

CFP Board ads illustrate difficulties in hiring a legitimate planner; fails to address concerns about its own website.

Commonwealth scores $500M former LPL firm, while LPL takes $270M practice from Commonwealth.

The CFP Board plans to show off new ads for its extended Let's Make a Plan publicity campaign.

President Obama's announcement of a new retirement plan for low- to middle-income Americans drew reactions ranging from hopeful praise to scorn from advisors who say many big questions remain to be answered.

Most advisors make housing choices in their own lives, but fail to aid clients facing the issue, according to a Legg Mason survey of 506 advisors.

The stage may be set for a settlement after a judge denies the board's attempt to quash discovery & allows the Camardas' request to seek monetary damages.

Social Security has major long-term issues to solve, but until then it's still a critical source of retirement income for clients.

Writing an investment policy statement can increase client satisfaction, investment returns and facilitate an advisor's fiduciary duty.

To avoid common traps like groupthink, firms' investment committees need to start by examining how they think.

The principles that served him well in selling Paine Webber to UBS, Donald Marron says, helped him pull the trigger to sell Cetera.