Portfolio

Advisors’ usage of social media includes platforms like Pinterest, where they showcase lifestyle-oriented content to their clients and potential clients.

The market has seen 200 ETF launches this year, more than ever before, Bloomberg reports. But only 20 new funds have managed to gather at least $50 million in assets.

There are three types of advisors when it comes to embracing technology, says the advisor organization: early adopters, those who will follow peer success, and those who wait until the last minute.

UBS agreed to pay $34 million to settle charges by the SEC and FINRA that it failed to supervise a former broker who had customers invest in UBS-affiliated mutual funds using money borrowed from an affiliated bank.

The team left the wirehouse to form their own independent firm, representing one of the largest groups that Dynasty has helped go independent.

Elder care expert cautions that advisors must put a formal plan in place to help protect clients if they start to lose their faculties.

Only about one-third of CFPs say their clients are even somewhat knowledgeable about claiming Social Security benefits, according to a new join study from the FPA and AARP.

Merger of two LPL practices seeks to expand a new niche; banks seek non-interest, fee-based income from independent planners.

Rules dealing with liquidity and other market-related items may be a better strategy for asset managers than higher capital requirements, said Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo.

The assets that clients used intensively when first purchased (like a large house) come to have excess capacity over time; Plus, two big reasons clients need more savings.