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Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say Social Security benefits should be equal for everyone, regardless of marital status, according to a new survey. Financial advisors are skeptical.

Financial advisors and other female wealth management professionals say eliminating the self-doubt represents an important first step.

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

Traditional methods of driving traffic to a firm's websites aren't enough in the new "zero-click" search results world.

Without legislative action, Social Security and Medicare trust funds are heading toward depletion within the next decade, triggering automatic benefit cuts that could severely impact retirees and the disabled.

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.

Despite health savings accounts being highly tax-advantaged, most savers do not fully utilize their unique benefits, new data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows.

Other than satisfying important regulatory requirements, RIAs and their clients can exercise a lot of choice on costs. Here's how experts view the process.