Chelsea Emery

Social Security numbers and portfolio information for some high-net-worth clients and advisors was provided inadvertently as part of a lawsuit.

Don’t underestimate how valuable your services can be when clients make property decisions.

Revenues have slumped, but what’s rising may be a better indicator of the years ahead.

Succession planning is easy to talk about. It’s much harder for planners to actually plan for.

As products and advice change, there’s one clear winner.

RIAs are exploring new ways of compensating their advisors, just in time.

The rule’s outlook seems uncertain, but a strong undercurrent is carrying the industry along.

Even as President Trump seeks a rollback of financial regulations, there’s little chance the rule will be paused — and an even slimmer chance it will be derailed, says TD Ameritrade Institutional’s Skip Schweiss.

Who’s responsible for a digital problem caused by a third-party program? Not the vendor.

For the first time since 2008, a commission will propose long-awaited changes to the Standards of Professional Conduct. Areas under review include code of ethics and planning practice standards.

Too much growth has led to a slowdown in business efficiencies. Smart firms need to fix their operating models.

Advisers are seeing clients drawing down on their assets, but there’s a solution right in front of them.

The brokerage industry’s watchdog would also want to play an active role in the design of a possible SEC fiduciary regulation, Robert Cook says.

TD Ameritrade Institutional’s revamped Veo platform allows planners to integrate information across third-party providers with a single sign-in.

This generation of advisers is likely to “do something very different in regards to purchasing decisions,” tech columnist Joel Bruckenstein predicts.

There are many benefits for clients who invest in property, but identifying them can be quite a process.

Months before the law is phased in, "traditional firms are beginning to look more and more" like independents.

From teaching disaster prep classes before, to holding hands after, advisers’ best practices for catastrophes.

Data can be used to show clients in real time how big purchases undermine their portfolio planning. If my adviser had such access, would I still book that trip to Cuba?

What do historically low interest rates mean for clients’ retirement savings — and their advisers?