Portfolio

Quiet and peaceful Valley Forge-Pa. is not a place where one would expect to find one of the most successful financial businesses in history — a far cry from the hurry and shuffle of Wall Street. But Vanguard's home there speaks volumes about its ability to maintain its reputation as the lowest-cost provider of mutual funds and ETFs since John Bogle founded the company in 1974.

PFA A/S, Denmark’s biggest commercial pension fund, said it won’t put more money into the nation’s mortgage-backed covered bonds as a regulatory onslaught prompts investors to shy away from the securities.

One of the most challenging things advisor Dave Grant faced when setting up his RIA was deciding on a CRM system.

For Jeffrey Thomasson, founder of Oxford Financial -- the largest firm on Financial Planning's 2013 RIA Leaders list -- smooth waters means it’s time to rock the boat.

Real estate is currently making a comeback, but do REITs make sense for mass-affluent clients?

Are clients, carried away with market returns of the last two years and tired of low rates, willing to take on more risk than they should?

A quarter of households aged 50-59 are "advice opportunity" households, a new study by Cerulli Associates shows.

At first, using social may take a bit longer as you get comfortable, but once you master the tool it will become second nature and will likely become your most powerful marketing and client engagement tool.

The independent broker-dealer got into hot water over unsuitable fund sales, according to FINRA.

Exclusive: In the wake of its CEO's bike crash, a series of changes at San Francisco's Presidio Group has put expansion plans on hold and left the firm working to rechart its course.