Sarah Martinson

As daunting as creating a transition strategy seems, the sooner advisers start the more successful it is likely to be. Here are some tools to start the process.

These works of nonfiction and fiction can provide inspiration for better practice management and client services.

Despite hiring pullbacks at the larger firms, there's been no shortage of multibillion dollar moves.

Its local unit is the first qualified domestic limited partner to be granted a license from the Asset Management Association of China.

The firm joined BlackRock as a strategic partner of the alternative investment tool aimed at wealthy clients. Plus; other launches.

The broker now operates from Ameriprise's independent side, according to the company.

The new job will focus on middle-office services like hedge funds, software solutions and the firm’s message and connectivity engine.

The firm isn't the only one benefiting from a still strong breakaway movement.

The positive net flows of U.S. mutual funds was driven by taxable bonds.

Taking a 20-year outlook is the best way to make gains, says Lipper number cruncher Tom Roseen.

The group joined an existing independent practice affiliated with LPL.

Assets in products susceptible to the risk of fire sales during a future shock are up 673% since 2000.

The new tool is aimed at lowering costs for investors.

The team includes identical twin brothers and an industry veteran of nearly 30 years.

The regional firm continues to snatch multi-million dollar teams from the wirehouses.

The group says it wanted to offer clients greater transparency.

The new hires help the firm further expand its presence in the Southeast, an executive says.

The wirehouse pullback on recruiting is seen as an opportunity for regional firms, a recruiter says.

They left to have more freedom in how they work with their clients, one of the new hires says.

Volatility has opened the door to a deeper examination of the sector in some of the most widely held funds. Plus; other industry highlights.