Practice

States can now adopt a model rule that will prevent brokers from holding themselves out to the public as "advisors" or "advisers."

As the on-and-off-again tariffs roil markets, a guide for financial advisors who need to manage both investments and clients.

Unpredictable policy outcomes and market volatility have led this month's Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook deep into the red.

Social media offers a pool of potential clients to advisory firms, but most planners struggle to connect with younger audiences.

A house on Alaska Avenue in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood is central to one planner's protests over HUD's possible clawback of 78 grants.

As the head of the investment solutions group at Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank, Nancy Fahmy ensures the firm's advisors have access to investments they recommend to investors.

Internal Revenue Service employees are being offered a last chance for a voluntary buyout as the Supreme Court blocked a ruling requiring the IRS to rehire workers.

Finfluencers — "financial influencers" — get a bad rap, but there's no arguing that they're changing how younger generations learn about personal finance.

From "super catch-ups" to the saver's match to "Rothification," 2025 looks to be a bumpy year for retirement nest eggs.

Veterans of the dot-com bubble of the late '90s, the early 2000s recession, the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 shutdown of 2020 say the more things change, the more things stay the same.