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Two advisors go independent with Raymond James, looking to structure their practice without wirehouse limitations.

As the baby boomer client base enters retirement, financial planners need new ways to handle Social Security claiming strategies.

Clients are encouraged to take a one- or two-month leave from work, if possible, to determine how they'll allocate their time in retirement; Plus, the IRA rules clients need to know.

FSI endorses IBD head Brian Kovack for FINRA post; Kovack hopes to win mid-sized IBD seat in which he would says he would represent firms, not investors.

The brokerage firms failed to waive mutual fund sales charges for certain charitable and retirement accounts, FINRA says.

Comprehensive retirement planning needs to help aging clients prepare for the non-financial risks that they face, from broken hips to dementia.

Nearly 97% of advisors found niche marketing to be an effective strategy, according to a recent report from Cerulli Associates.

Under Social Security's current rules, any amount of earnings after age 66 won't reduce lifetime payouts.

Lawmakers are likely to pass as early as next year some measures aimed at changing the rules governing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; Plus, five steps for a comfortable retirement.

Plan ahead for the government's cut of your client's dividend income. Plus, how a mutual fund sale impacts a client's taxes, and assessing tax treatments for options trading.