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To build out its planning business, one firm focuses on advisor prospects with files full of tax returns

As service models shift, dually registered advisors have been making big competitive gains. Now the SEC has them in its regulatory sights.

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network has picked up advisors with more than $424 million in assets under management.

Your team shouldn't suffer abuse. Here's how to protect your staff and know when to bid a bad client adieu.

Using recent research from the North American Securities Administrators Association, Harold Reimer -- head of private wealth management for Temenos in North America -- put together a list of advisory compliance best practices.

From positive outlooks for ETFs to asset managers in Asia gaining a greater portion of pay from net sales, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

Structure relationships that factor in a variety of possible outcomes, a case study counsels.

You don't need to be able to do everything - but you should know whom to call when your clients need extra help.

After publishing our third annual RIA Leaders list, Financial Planning dove into the numbers to identify which of the top 100 actually have the wealthiest clientele.

Financial advisors may not be well-versed in survival skills, but a partnership with a trusted local security firm or specialist can go a long way to setting clients' minds at ease.