Ann Marsh

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.

RCAP buys J.P. Turner for $27 million; Schorsch is calling IBDs, large and small, in search of deals, says Cambridge's Schwartz.

On the heels of a companywide rebrand, some advisors think 'Here we go again'; others are happy with the change.

Two Florida planners have asked the court to sanction the CFP Board. The organization calls the suit "without merit" and declined to answer dozens of questions in the first deposition.

Granite Financial says it hopes moving to the IBD will power growth.

The well-financed venture promised big hiring in 2013, but a November ADV form shows them well short of goal.

A 25-year-old divorce workshop founded and run by two planners in San Diego has received funding from a former attendee to enhance its website, with an eye to going national.

Gerber Kawasaki wants its 2,700 clients - and every prospect - to communicate with one another.

The portfolio management tool has been a key selling point as the rapidly growing tax-focused independent broker-dealer continues to attract tax specialists to its network of nearly 5,000 advisors.

LPL Financial is promoting one of its own. Bill Chetney is slated to become president of LPL Retirement Partners, where he currently serves as executive vice president.

Seeking to avoid the "embarrassment," "annoyance" and "expense" of a lawsuit, the CFP Board is asking a federal judge to quash most requests for documents and depositions from two planners who are suing the organization.