Portfolio

Despite a commitment by Schorsch to keep top executives, Roth, the former Advisor Group CEO, will head the new management team.

The investment business is full of twists and turns, and it is not just portfolio managers and analysts that have to constantly read the changing winds; as a marketing professional you must also adapt as the market changes. The last few years have been tough for mutual fund marketers, with investors leaving this product for ETFs and moving assets from equity products to those that specialize in fixed income.

The regulatory drive to designate mutual funds or their managers as systemically important financial institutions increasingly looks like a campaign to extend the power of central banks and other banking regulators over global capital markets.

Events are a great way for advisors to build business and interact with qualified prospective clients, but you must be creative. Here are some fresh ideas.

Clients who suddenly come into newfound wealth can see that money dissipate just as quickly as it appeared. Advisors can be an anchor on financial reality. Here's how.

Given the increased volatility, now is a good time to examine some of the subtleties of dividends and dividend-paying stocks.

Registered investment advisors are clearly on the up and up, and the growth of the sector is exerting pressure on how ETFs and mutual funds are distributed and marketed.

Given the increased volatility, now is a good time to examine some of the subtleties of dividends and dividend-paying stocks.

American investors' long-term financial goals are out of sync with the risks they're willing to take to reach them, a new survey finds.

Investors often give their advisors the wrong objectives for a portfolio. Here's how to steer them in the right direction.