Practice

When developing a plan to offset the potential shortfall of Social Security benefits in the long term, annual rebalancing is one step clients should take.

The advisor allegedly tried to help keep a penny stock's price above $2 per share, amassing nearly 630,000 shares himself.

The regional firm's new hires joined from FSC Securities, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The retirement powerhouse has made six deals so far this year, most recently acquiring Davidson & Garrard with $685 million in AUM.

The advisors joined existing practices within the bank's independent broker-dealer arm.

Moves by Nevada and others threaten to create compliance confusion.

Doing homework and knowing how to enter and how to exit are essential.

Figuring out how to make automated platforms appeal to planners has been a learning process, says the custodian’s technology executives.

There are several steps advisors can take to ensure their practices benefit from technology investments.

Nearly 17 million investors will use the technology by 2021, a rise of 1.8 million compared to last year, Aite says.