Practice

LIMRA survey finds that three in five people who work with an advisor contribute to a retirement plan while only 38% of people doing their own financial planning invest in similar long-term investment plans.

Wireless networks, mobile devices and cloud computing have transformed the way advisors do business. How can these innovations change your business?

On eve of law's second anniversary, regulators face heavy scrutiny over how they will implement remaining Dodd-Frank rules. Many key regulations have yet to be seen.

It may seem completely crazy to compare the use of social media with sexual harassment.

On a three to two vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the nation's exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with developing and maintaining a consolidated and auditable trail of every order, cancellation, modification and executed trade on 13 national stock exchanges, 10 options markets and through more than 200 broker-dealers.

There is a new sheriff in town for the mutual fund industry-and he may need to borrow money for bullets.

Investment Centers of America beefs up its practice management program with newly created senior position.

Ask Ed Slott: Your IRA Expert answers readers’ questions about possible tax implications for retirees as a result of health care reform legislation.

When LPL Financial sought to improve its highly successful Model Wealth Portfolio platform, its advisors made a couple of requests: make it easier for us to select securities and to rebalance our client portfolios.

The head of the Financial Services Institute has delivered a pointed letter to House committee leaders criticizing the efforts of the Department of Labor in developing a new definition of the term "fiduciary" that would cover financial professionals providing advice to retirement plans.