Practice

IRA expert Ed Slott explains the pros and cons of converting traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs for investors over 65 years of age.

Independence and technology are the leading factors for successful advisors, according to four advisors at TD Ameritrade Institutional’s Elite Summit, but some of the other factors were even more surprising.

“There are so many wonderful financial planners but so few of them do business financial planning,” says Karl Frank, a planner and founder of A&I Financial Services in Englewood, Colo., who specializes in entrepreneurial clients.

The Retirement Income Industry Association has appointed industry veteran and retirement specialist Karen Wimbish to its board of directors.

Affluent investors in three of Europe’s most prosperous nations have decidedly different levels of sophistication when it comes to investment knowledge and how they interact with their online trading and advisory firms. Knowing and appreciating these differences, according to a new Dow Jones survey, can make all the difference for American firms and advisors looking to expand their international client base.

401(k) auto enrollment has been all the buzz in retirement planning, and now it seems even more effective than expected.

Landing entrepreneurs and small business owners as clients can be a great way to boost your assets under management, but advisors need to understand their unique needs and challenges in order to provide the best possible service. Here’s what advisors need to know to attract and retain these complex clients.

Turning to an outside coach can help even the most successful and established multi-million dollar financial advisors and their practices run more smoothly.

Financial advisors looking to work with 20-something clients need to take a unique service approach with a group that financial services firm OrganizAmerica President Joanne Woiteshek says has traditionally been treated as the “trophy generation.”

Genworth Financial Wealth Management has added 20-year industry veteran Rico Casares to its practice management consulting team.