Practice

As we head into the 2013 tax season, advisors should tell clients to be sure they won’t be hit with a Durden-style disallowance

FINRA appears to be pulling back from its campaign to regulate RIAs -- and advisors couldn’t be happier.

“Firms have to commit to planning," says Mike Durbin, president of Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services. "The firms on a path to high performance are on a fast course to planning.”

Some pent up demand could make 2013 a more robust year for recruitment.

Fidelity will team up with Extend Health, a Towers Watson company, to help retiring corporate employees choose Medicare coverage.

Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, will retire later this year. 

A growing number of the nation’s wealthiest individuals are seeking advice on moving their funds and themselves not only across state lines but across national borders as fears grow over the direction of U.S. tax policy.

When it comes to understanding white collar criminals, Walter A. Pavlo, Jr. wants financial services professionals to know one thing: they look a lot like them.

Are advisors getting it wrong on recruiting and hiring? A new report out from Pershing finds a gap between what advisors say they ought to be doing and what they're actually getting right.

Many financial advisors lack the skills to address basic issues like setting realistic expectations or educating investors on what retirement even involves