Frances McMorris

Bill Dwyer, the independent giant’s president of sales and national marketing, talks about his firm’s progress.

Whose needs come first?

What’s a wirehouse advisor to do in this uncomfortable situation? And there’s more on the fiduciary standard.

Why do some people excel under pressure and others don’t?

The SEC study is only the first step in the path to a uniform fiduciary standard.

The Top 10 will be named from this group of 100.

Public speaking is a skill that every advisor must master to be successful in a media-rich society.

An analyst said the changes comes at a critical phase for the firm, as it continues to absorb that merger and looks ahead to possible increased investor interest this year

Greg Fleming to take his place and become head of MSSB Wealth Management

There are steps to take right now to improve your business in 2011

Tech guru Kip Gregory offers his guidance to take advisors the next level.

Advisors should be building on their strengths, their interests and, of course, their talents. The best and the brightest advisors have one thing in common: Each one has found his or her specialty or strength and constructed a platform for success.

FINRA panel says firm must pay $1.8 million to investor.

Just when the advisory community was hoping that it had put Bernie Madoff behind it, federal authorities announced that two of the disgraced financier’s lieutenants have been indicted on criminal charges and are also facing a civil complaint from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Meanwhile, the Internal Revenue Service announced earlier this week that it has withdrawn the John Doe summons in the UBS AG scandal in which the U.S. demanded that the company hand over…

ING’s asset allocation chief says inflation won’t be a factor in the near future.

Just when branch managers thought their jobs couldn’t get any more complicated, Mary Schapiro says that her agency is looking at regulating broker pay.

The Republicans rule the House now and all signs show that they can’t wait to make their mark on financial regulatory reform—if they can.

David Kelly examines the economy, Jeffrey Saut remains "Catious But Bearish," and more.

If a client’s spouse has been diagnosed with cancer, how does everything change? How do you talk to the client, the spouse and perhaps other family members?

The president of Raymond James & Associates and the chairman of RJFS talks about recruiting, retention and valuing the control advisors have over their books of business.