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The 1,000-advisor firm is targeting $300,000-plus independent advisors, $1 million teams and $500,000 to $5 million firms.

Job satisfaction stabilized after two years of decline, but some firms are doing a much better job than others.

People at all stages of like are growing increasingly concerned that they can’t afford healthcare, suggesting a need for financial advice.

Despite a perceived improvement in banks’ stability, small-business owners rate them even lower than last year.

While advisors are clamoring for access to web-based prospecting, most broker-dealers are paralyzed over fears of a social-media snafu.

More than half of investors are maintaining their level of charitable giving in the fourth quarter—whether their advisors choose to help them or not.

Low rates are causing investors to cash out of short-term CDs when they mature; banks respond by adding ever more short-term CDs.

“Advisors need systems in order to accomplish their goals, whether you’re a large firm or a one-man team,” said Craig Snyder, one of LPL's top managers. “You need to track your activity so you can see what else you need to do to maximize your return on investment.”

A Wells Fargo economist says that a double dip won’t happen, but it’s going to be a couple of years before the economy is back on track.

Discounting for July’s fee bump, bank-based advisors narrowly increased production in August.

Financial advisors’ assets are up, despite a difficult market environment.

The number of advisors the firm transitioned may have fallen in the first nine months of this year, but the assets they brought over are higher.

Disgruntled by big-firm groupthink, Erwin, Martin and Rexius set up Sapient as an RIA in Eugene, Ore.

Bank brokerage trade group parts ways with its managing directors.

Year-over-year drops are precipitous, but Beacon Research predicts a brighter third quarter.

How to fire clients you don’t like working with, impose higher account minimums and make centers of influence work for you.

Life insurance sales in banks have increased for the past five quarters, but sales practices suggest not everyone is riding that wave.

While annuity sales are down for the first half of the year overall, second-quarter sales go a long way to closing the gap.

Registered investment advisors’ assets took an $8 trillion hit in 2009, but they’re rebounding this year with $4.6 trillion in gains.

Studies consistently show that emotions and investing don't mix. Here's how to focus clients on their long-term goals rather than their gut instincts in the short term.