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Advisors can’t underestimate the emotional toll an exit can impose.

Former All-Star Tony Parker, newly hired by a planning firm, and top wealth managers offer new pros free financial advice.

Though the fees are controversial, there may not be an easy way for the industry to abandon them.

The app allows wealthy investors to get quick answers to complex questions, CEO Eric Poirier says.

The client relationship should be the sole focus of new technologies, says the firm’s chief operating officer.

Think social media and T-shirts: RIAs should swap “fee only” for “commission free” to draw a stark contrast between themselves and brokers, experts say.

Shareholders of both companies will meet separately next month to cast ballots on the $28 billion deal, and BB&T investors will also decide whether the new company should be called Truist Financial.

Clients can expect investment returns through compounded growth as long as they don’t lose from a market downturn.

Opening the door to retail money comes with risks, including the danger of exposing financial neophytes with relatively limited savings to complex investments.

The penalties come three months after Merrill Lynch settled similar charges.