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If you find yourself torn between serving clients and growing your practice, you may need some additional staff.

Some investments work best in a taxable account, while others fit well into an IRA or a 401(k).

The languishing performance of LPL shares has drawn the attention of activist investor Richard McGuire, whose hedge fund, Marcato Capital, has taken a 6.3% stake in the IBD.

Julian Cruz, an advisor at IBC Bank in McAllen, Texas, along the Rio Grande River, goes south of the border for the majority of his business.

Nobody thought it would be pretty, but last quarter's results were even worse than expected, and low fee revenue is largely to blame. Trading and mortgage banking were particularly bad, and few of the big banks managed to offset the declines.

In a year where ETF launches are running toward an annual record, funds that employ leverage have almost quadrupled.

“My goal was to be revenue neutral in the transition but more fairly allocate fees to reflect the actual work I did with each client,” one advisor says.

How multi-generational tax savings are achieved when parents help children start Roth IRAs.

U.S. Bank, Bank of the West and Bremer Bank have introduced new initiatives that assign the mass-affluent not just an advisor but a banker too – despite intense price competition from robos.

The advisor duo generated $2 million in annual production while at Wells Fargo.