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Independent Financial Partners aspires to be a “very, very small agent for change.”

It’s vital that planners recognize how women’s planning needs are different from men’s — while being careful not to lump them into a singular group.

As retirement horizons grow, the rich are less willing to focus on generational wealth transfers.

Since joining the firm more than a decade ago, Kristen Capuano says her team has grown five-fold and now "handles all of our performance reporting.”

The firm hopes the changes reflect its image as a “powerful, innovative and unified provider” of investment products, according to co-CEO Nico Marais.

The SEC is giving serious side-eye to firms with part-time or underqualified compliance officers.

Shoehorning them into certain categories can lead to bias and crimp firm growth.

CEO Walt Bettinger says advisors tell him they aren’t worried about the new pricing model.

Bank critics and some lawmakers quickly seized on a tone-deaf posting by JPMorgan Chase that was designed to tout the virtues of saving money.

The SEC and FINRA have launched groups focused on better understanding this growing area of the industry.