Fee-based compensation

Non-discretionary accounts may comprise the bulk of a client’s net worth, but are traditionally out of an advisor’s sphere of influence.

The firms with the highest percentage growth year-over-year are cutting their head counts and fueling the record level of M&A deals.

We give advice based on the intel we have, but not all clients are as up front as we are.

The change is needed to better align the interests of RIAs and the custodians that serve them.

Six fiduciary groups call on advisors press SEC to clarify the differences between advisory and brokerage business models.

Drop that Excel spreadsheet. Here’s why your business plan should fit on just one page ... in Word.

Firms of all sizes have helped push fee-based business above commissions as the industry undergoes a transformation.

There’s no playbook, but there is common sense, says XY Planning co-founder Alan Moore.

Fiduciary advocates lament the absence of the term from the SEC's rule, which they say fails to move beyond FINRA’s existing suitability standard, while the brokerage sector sees the proposal as a welcome jump in oversight.