Practice

A continuity plan should be simple and spell out how unexpected interruptions could affect the business and how to safeguard the firm, employees and clients.

Fidelity expects giving to Ebola relief efforts to continue to rise; offers advisors tips for advising client charitable strategies.

Agency secures $4 billion in penalties; expert says: “make sure that you have a robust and dynamic compliance program.”

A majority of Americans nearing retirement are eyeing financial advisors for help with planning for the costs of health care, according to a new study from Ameriprise.

An extra step to protect inherited IRAs; What you’ll pay in the Medicare part-D doughnut hole; How much longer to you expect to live? Think again.

The growing realization of the complexity of retirement planning creates opportunities for advisors, according to research firm Hearts & Wallets.

Ken Pfeil, the chief information security officer for the Pioneer companies, shares the security measures he's taken to keep cybercriminals and malware exploits from affecting the infrastructure he oversees.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached a settlement with Houston-area financial advisor R. Craig Rathmann, accused of colluding with RBC Capital Markets to limit competition on bond deals for municipal utility districts.

Fidelity Investments is telling investors and advisors that clients' data appears not to have been captured by the hackers who infiltrated the systems of JPMorgan Chase earlier this year. And while clients aren't yet worried, advisors say, such threats are unlikely to go away.

Long-term capital gains tax rates in 2014; IRS revises a limited-amnesty program for offshore accounts: Year-end retirement planning strategies