Portfolio

Generational wealth transfers can play a large role in the future growth of advisory firms -- but woe to those firms that aren't prepared for it. A few planners share their strategies.

Wells Fargo lost four advisors to regional firm Benjamin F. Edwards, but the wirehouse picked up six advisors collectively managing more than $500 million in assets. Meanwhile, UBS recruited a former Merrill advisor with $500 million in assets. Click through our slideshow to see these and all the latest moves, hires and promotions.

Staggering income annuities may help address clients' anxiety about long life expectancy and low investment yields. Here are two different approaches.

Competition is getting even tougher. Make sure you offer clients better service, deeper relationships and access to smarter experts.

Staggering income annuities may help address clients' anxiety about long life expectancy and low investment yields. Here are two different approaches.

Advisor rating site BrightScope's first list of the country's "most social" advisors is met with some head-shaking by planners.

Setting up small speculative accounts for adventurous clients may help to keep them on a prudent path with the rest of their portfolio.

An active tax indexing strategy enables clients with big holdings in their employers' stock to maintain the portfolio's risk positioning and reduce the tax pain.

When converting a regular IRA into a Roth IRA, it may be wise to use risky assets and be ready to undo the conversion if the assets move in the wrong direction.

Setting up small speculative accounts for adventurous clients may help to keep them on a prudent path with the rest of their portfolio.