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Planners and experts dive into wirehouse pay, charging clients at a higher rate, emerging business models and other key issues.

Coronavirus has accelerated trends in advisor compensation as firms move to an ensemble model and enhance their benefits packages.

The outcomes of two elections in Georgia that are scheduled for Jan. 5 are expected to determine the balance of power in the Senate and may also have an impact on the kind of tax planning that accountants should be advising their clients to do.

The advisors know RBC’s Pittsburgh complex director from earlier in their careers, when all three men worked at Smith Barney.

A group of 25 Democrats in the House wrote to congressional leaders asking them to provide $12.1 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service, including $5.2 billion for enforcement, with an eye toward cracking down on high-income tax cheats.

The 20 mutual funds and ETFs on this list have an average fee of roughly 111 basis points.

The low interest rates pushing down sales across most fixed and variable lines are also boosting certain products.

For its next leader, Ohio National turned to a veteran executive with prior experience leading its independent broker-dealer.

Maybe not, says FINRA — but if you’re IM’ing, using slides during the virtual meeting, or recording it, probably yes.

The wealth management firm says the pandemic has proven how invaluable the benefit is for retaining talent.