Practice

Fidelity has introduced the “Realizing the Value in Your Firm” program, which includes a series of workshops being conducted nationally to help advisors understand succession planning options.

Genworth Wealth Management has created a proprietary six-step process to help its advisors meet the challenges of a higher level of client service.

Citi Private Bank hired Stephen Baird as director of its Houston branch, where he will provide private banking services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.

Ninety-eight percent of advisers expressed concern that the estimated SRO membership fees would have a financial impact on their ability to run their firm. Of the 98%, 69% said the impact would be categorized as “severe.”

As lawmakers take up legislation that would reshape the regulatory landscape for retail investment advisers, industry groups are poised to present sharply contrasting visions for where expanded oversight authority should be housed.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired two Wells Fargo financial advisors with $1.49 million in combined production in Syracuse, N.Y.

After more than two decades urging the SEC to increase regulatory oversight of financial advisors, Barbara Roper stunned many on both sides of the debate by declaring herself open to the prospect of regulation coming from a self regulatory organization, such as FINRA.

Marie Chandoha, president of Charles Schwab Investment Management, told the SEC that a new study on money-market funds was “troubling” because it wrongly concludes that the funds are dangerously susceptible to runs and presumes more regulation is needed.

Legacy expert attorneys Danielle and Andy Mayoras say that the inventors of Gore-Tex, the breathable, waterproof fabric used by many outdoorsmen, illustrate why advanced estate planning is critical.

Sports spectators will likely see a bull cross their television screens this summer, and it will not be from the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.