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Future disruptive technologies might stem from deeper thinking about what motivates clients to invest.

More than 15 similar products have been proposed since 2013. Some applications were withdrawn. Others are in purgatory.

To get in on hot IPOs, a client delivered cash payments to the broker at bars and restaurants, the regulator alleges.

“My clients are hard-working young professionals on Wall Street. I don’t have a lot of good news for them,” said Douglas Boneparth, an advisor in New York who counsels people throughout the industry.

The need to eliminate complexity, boost transparency and create efficiencies is stronger than ever.

When giving cash gifts to grandchildren this holiday season, clients have options that can also help minimize their estate taxes in the future.

The Landmark Group ditched the large firm for Fieldpoint Private, a boutique firm with 28 advisors.

The alleged failures stretched over a two year period, according to the regulator.

The widow argued that her advisor failed to confer with her about the investment strategy he and her late husband developed prior to her husband's sudden death.

Advisors are jumping to firms with established infrastructure.