Practice

An advisor managing $181 million in assets left Morgan Stanley for the Swiss firm.

Two advisors have been hit with fraud charges for allegedly misleading clients about a hedge fund managed by an investment novice and debt collector.

Three ways your clients can save on taxes; two money moves they should make this year; and what they should do with capital losses before saying goodbye to 2014.

A trio of top custodial executives discussing big trends for the RIA sector downplayed the term -- at least as a marketing advantage -- during a panel this week at the MarketCounsel summit in Las Vegas.

The soaring stock market this year has provided a boon for investors age 65 and over even more than people from other age groups; plus, sales pitches about annuities can distract savers from making an informed investing decision.

Wealth managers called into active duty have a delicate balancing act between serving firm and country.

Lebenthal picked up an RIA that oversees $250 million in assets, as well as a team of two advisors in New York.

Mega teams spend months, sometimes years, in the effort to find a new home and transition their oversized books.

Clients should estimate the amount of income they will need to support their lifestyle rather than determining the right size of their nest egg; plus, eight tips for people who will retire in 2015 and why 401(k)s are still a problem.

Fund managers need to focus on more than the strategies they intend to execute. They must also structure their funds and organizations in ways that address both increasing regulation and investors' concerns about the safekeeping of assets.