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These entrepreneurs made the leap into finance from different places, but they share a common mission: robos for women, by women.

Firms should strike a balance between modernizing tools and maintaining client service, says Michael Paley, chief operating officer of Klingman & Associates.

An NYPD auxiliary police officer also works in wealth management.

Soon-to-be extinct strategies, facts and trends advisors should keep in mind when getting started on retirement and tax planning.

Soon-to-be extinct strategies, facts and trends advisors should keep in mind when working on retirement and tax planning.

Getting over the mental block toward adoption is part of the challenge in keeping your practice tech-savvy, says Eric Kies, chief compliance officer at Moline, Ill.-based The Planning Center.

Inspired by his football coach to consider planning, Raymond James complex manager Tony Barrett has focused on team success and the inclusion of African American advisors.

A willingness to learn and adopt technology when it was still considered a fad helped John DiCiaccio refine ways to use it effectively in his practice.

Two planners were barred from the industry for allegedly employing "deceptive, fraudulent and manipulative devices and schemes," while another had converted, or taken, funds from a client's estate and trust.

Some advisors have already found ways to harness client information for their practice in a very targeted fashion.