Portfolio

For Victoria Collins and Jennifer Cagle, a succession plan was complicated by a pending public offering. One kept a valuable equity stake, the other got the client base.

The deal to buy the accounting firm was directly influenced by the increasing commoditization of investment management.

An advisor managing more than $188 million in client assets joined Raymond James & Associates.

Pimco will fight a lawsuit by a shareholder of its Total Return Fund alleging the company gouges investors with excessive advisory fees to support billion-dollar bonuses for top executives.

Why investors should review changes to investment-related taxes, understand all the rules governing net investment income tax and know what can destroy their tax season.

Forty years after it was launched, the IRA has turned into a major retirement vehicle, but it is no longer the same as it was when first introduced in 1974; Plus, three smart ways to maximize your Roth IRA.

Here's what the brokerage industry's disinformation-mongers might be telling senior brokerage executives.

Kevin Reed, head of wealth management for Janney Montgomery Scott, explains how the firm is shifting its focus to meet the needs of a "new breed of FA."

As additional regulations are anticipated this year, the industry is beginning to aggressively seek to defragment the technology, data and services most critical to improving business performance and reducing operational and reputational risk.

Municipal bond defaults, which increased to record levels last year as Detroit's bankruptcy boosted the total, may remain elevated this year.