Portfolio

There are some specific challenges when making this key transition.

If there are subsequent rate hikes in the coming years, clients will feel an effect; Plus, why falling gold and oil prices shouldn't be a concern for older clients.

Such tools can help advisors more easily assess clients’ risk tolerance.

With clients worried, many advisors say they’ve recently pulled back on bonds and refrained from upping equity allocations, according to our new study.

Digital offering assets at big firms will dwarf those of independent firms, Tiburon predicts.

As signs of stress mount in credit markets, a $788 million mutual fund is blocking clients from pulling their money so its holdings can be liquidated in an orderly fashion.

The mutual fund company founded by legendary investor Marty Whitman makes a rare move to stop withdrawals while it tries to liquidate one of its funds.

Despite predictions of a coming boom market by Cerulli Associates and others, the leaders of the biggest brokerage firms remain divided about whether to jump into the fray.

Those mourning the loss of loved ones likely won’t appreciate this traditional gesture.

Advisors who use these guidelines may see their efforts mushroom, as Raymond James advisor Melissa Joy found.