Industry

CFPs aren’t excused from acting as fiduciaries — even if they work at a firm that requires them to recommend proprietary funds.

Blucora’s Avantax Wealth Management combines two firms that took competing approaches to serving tax professionals branching into wealth management.

In five bite-sized offerings, Chairman Jay Clayton fails to tell the public what it needs to know about RIAs vs. brokers.

There’s a showdown looming between financial advisors and the custodians that safeguard their clients’ money. It’s been brewing for some time, and the move by Charles Schwab on Tuesday to offer commission-free trading makes the clash all but inevitable.

The asset managers and a U.S. family office collectively bought a 14.4% position in the company ahead of its IPO, a person familiar with the matter says.

Jud Bergman grew the largest TAMP from a startup to one of the leading firms in the industry, driving the profession forward, mourners say.

Four erroneous beliefs cause many new planners to fail.

“I do not meet anyone in person and that's intentional,” says one financial advisor.

It's a hard truth that minorities and women are not well-represented in the financial planning industry. It's also a business problem.

An incentive program allows employees to receive as much as $7,200 over three years.