Portfolio

Securities America picks up a team with $120 million in client assets while a Focus partner firm brings in a wealth manager with $150 million in AUM. Here's a roundup of some of the most recent moves among independent financial advisors.

Board pledges not to punish widely followed advisor while they try to resolve fee-only compensation issue; draws accusations of 'arbitrary' treatment.

Planners are facing another competitive attack. Previous threats made the profession stronger - will that happen this time?

UBS is facing more than $600 million in damage claims filed by Puerto Rico investors in closed-end bond funds, the bank said in its second quarter earnings report Tuesday.

Some are pushing investors to target intermediate maturities and others telling investors to adopt a barbell approach, a strategy where investors buy both short and long maturities.

Increased operating expenses and higher than anticipated regulatory costs and fines contributed to a 4.4% drop in second-quarter net income at LPL Financial.

As more and more advisors consider alternative investments, they must ensure that they are conducting thorough due diligence before recommending hedge funds, private equity funds or other non-traditional assets.

The $400,000 Social Security question; Generating income in low-yield world; When conventional wisdom is good enough

As more and more advisors consider alternative investments, they must ensure that they are conducting thorough due diligence before recommending hedge funds, private equity funds or other non-traditional assets.

Capital Group Joins BlackRock in Filing for Non-Transparent ETF