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The fast-growing financial firm acquired an RIA and pulled over a wirehouse team.

Even when holiday lights and light sabers are grabbing for your attention, these tips can help you gain more control of your practice, work smarter and succeed sooner.

More than two dozen teams managing $1 billion or more in client assets switched firms this year. See where they landed.

Winning over robo advisors doesn’t automatically mean cutting fees. Keep an eye on profit margins, however.

Clients who want to consult after retirement should first tell hiring managers at their own companies that they will be available for such a work arrangement; Plus, when retired clients should consider renting.

An online presence can help build an advisory firm but can hurt a reputation if overused.

Undaunted by the failure of a rider to the federal budget bill, the new legislative initiatives will try to once again strangle the Labor Department fiduciary proposal.

Advisory firms must be ready to deal with commonplace snafus as well as major disruptions.

Fired adviser Johnny Burris complained the firm forced him to sell unsuitable products to clients, long before it acknowledged to the SEC it “violated the federal securities laws.”

Since its launch two years ago, Harvest Exchange has signed up 200,000 investors, nearly 25,000 advisors and over 7,000 investment firms.