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“I’m all of 52 years old. I have a baby face. I have four children. I plan to be working for a long time,” Casady said.

LPL is making big changes among its top executives.

Bill Dwyer, a 20-year LPL veteran and its president of national sales, is retiring from the independent broker-dealer, according to sources familiar with the situation.

When planner Gordon Bernhardt began focusing his practice on entrepreneurial clients about three years ago, he discovered all of them lacked one important asset: time.

The CFP Board has redesigned two of its websites to enhance navigational features and functionality across different mobile platforms.

Mike Tyson is preparing for another fight -- this time, with his former financial planner.

By some estimates, roughly 80% of typical small business owners net worth is tied up in their company. Yet, according to experts, most entrepreneurs have not taken the time to formally value their businesses.

FINRA has fined and censured a company owned by Cetera Financial Group, one of the country’s largest networks of independent broker-dealers, $40,000 for late and improper filings in more than half of its sales branch offices, among other filing problems.

Client events are essential for maintaining a strong book of business. Financial planners offered several pieces of specific advice for advisors interested in holding great events.

In a survey of 21 different positions in financial advisory firms, a new survey from the Financial Planning Association indicates that most planners got a pay increase from the time that the was survey was conducted three years ago.

As RIA firms grow and attract larger customers, $2 million in client AUM is the cut-off above which pricing rises favorably for RIAs, according to a new study.

RIA firms of all sizes reported cautious optimism about their growth potential and the global economic environment, according to a new survey by Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services.

“Firms have to commit to planning," says Mike Durbin, president of Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services. "The firms on a path to high performance are on a fast course to planning.”

In a potentially encouraging sign for all equity investors, the majority of investors with $5 million or more in net worth plan to invest in equities.

The acquisition increases Atlanta Capital’s AUM to $950 million

Tired of running his financial planning firm in Michigan, Jason Wenk made a radical change to his planning practice a couple of years ago. He sold a portion of it, moved his family and his company to Laguna Beach, Calif., and began to grow a practice entirely through blogging.

When it comes to designing system and workflow automation for your firm, keep it simple, a panel of experts said at the TD Ameritrade Institutional national conference in San Diego.

Many busy advisors find it tough to run their businesses and stay active across multiple social media channels. Here's some helpful strategies.

Hackers are creating new strategies to separate you, and your clients, from your money, but there are steps you can take to guard against these attacks, according to Bill Winterberg, a CFP and technology consultant, told a room of advisors at the TD National Conference in San Diego.

LPL Financial is pushing to expand services for high-net-worth clients. In the company's most recent move, its wholly owned Private Trust Co. subsidiary has announced strategic plans to build on its rapid growth of 25% over the last three years.