Portfolio

Quinn's technology could open personalized financial planning to clients who long weren't on advisors' radar screens.

Patrick Funke & Associates' decision to join Commonwealth Financial Network suggests that despite its pending purchase by LPL, Commonwealth still appeals to advisors seeking a smaller setting.

Roughly 200 advisors at the firm are being named "founder specialists" for their track record helping entrepreneurs do everything from set up employee-benefit plans to take their firms public.

A new TIAA Institute survey found that a vast majority of 401(k) plan participants are interested in accessing fixed annuities through their retirement accounts. Plan providers are listening.

The industry is awaiting SEC approval for dozens of applications, even as Vanguard's shareholder case highlights some of the tax complexity of the looming shift.

Many advisors face challenges building trust with Asian-American clients. Here are key strategies to establish those relationships.

Also this week, Raymond James pulls from Ameriprise, UBS from Morgan Stanley and LPL from RBC.

A consulting firm's report on the future of the channel reveals the ambivalence and frustration many feel about the impact of M&A consolidation.

Through collaboration with BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, Franklin Templeton and State Street, professionally managed model portfolios with alternative allocations are available via the firm's unified managed accounts.

Jamie Price of Osaic says attrition at his firm was below expectations during its recent internal consolidation of nine separate brokerages and that not having a self-clearing and self-custody business is an advantage these days.