Portfolio

Too much of it is designed to sell products rather than to enable advisors to actually provide the guidance clients are seeking.

Strategic alliances with other professionals can help advisors draw valuable clients.

Although sequencing is recommended when developing a retirement withdrawal strategy, retirees need to take a more flexible view since their tax situation varies from year to year; plus, how to figure out the amount of your client's IRA required minimum distribution.

Deposits into emerging-market ETFs that invest across developing nations as well as those that target specific countries totaled $139.4 million, down from $242 million in the previous week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

As part of the deal, MetLife will be the exclusive developer of certain annuity products issued by MassMutual.

Women are still underrepresented when it comes to owning independent firms, but there are reasons for optimism.

Love him or hate him, Trump provokes strong reactions from much of the electorate, bankers included. His volatile temperament and penchant for showmanship have left many skeptical, but some see his business experience and dealmaking savvy as a positive.

A manager of an errant broker finds himself the target of regulators and asks our compliance columnist: What could I have done differently?

In 2015, FINRA slammed offenders with $46.3 million in sanctions for suitability-related infractions, nearly six times the $7.9 million it imposed in 2014.

Finding top people is getting harder, says Kathy Freeman, so putting this in a compensation agreement is now ‘mandatory.’