Portfolio

The advantages of having both an RIA and broker-dealer relationship include ownership of the business while having the support of a full service broker-dealer.

With muni yields having backed up from lows established earlier in the year, the environment may have shifted to the point where issuers are unsure about the timing for bringing new deals to market.

According to the 2012 Consultant Search Forecast, four major themes are now affecting investor decisions when they shop for asset managers: steady income; globalization; alternative investment and liability-driven investing by corporate pension plans.

Exchange-traded funds are all the craze and new ones are coming out of the woodwork daily. But do investors really know what they’re buying in a hedge replication strategy or an Eastern European index fund?

The people and events that took center stage in Phoenix, starting March 19.

Running a planning practice takes you into a lot of chicken-and-egg situations, such as needing to have scale before you can get the tools you need to grow. Bob Veres has answers for RIAs starting out or struggling to grow their firms.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 34.59 points to close at 13,080.73 Friday, wrapping up a week that saw both the Dow and S&P 500 post their largest weekly losses of the year.

Exchange-traded funds are all the craze and new ones are coming out of the woodwork daily. But do investors really know what they’re buying in a hedge replication strategy or an Eastern European index fund?

Here's an interactive slide show about how to deal with the numerous it-takes-money-to-make-money types of paradoxes you run into when trying to start up your own RIA firm.

John Hancock has launched an ad campaign reaching out to financial advisors, focusing on the position of trust many enjoy with their clients.