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Security experts say it's now crucial for advisors to understand that the fraud landscape has changed: Planners and their clients are both targets, and new federal rules (and custodians' policies) make advisors primarily responsible for fraud prevention. Advisors and other experts recommend a number of techniques for keeping clients safe.

After the first year of running his own RIA, an advisor reflects and offers some lessons learned.

When the Navy called Robert Gerstemeier back for involuntary active duty, he was glad that he had prepared for the unexpected.

Here are the smartest tips and tricks we’ve heard recently.

By focusing on what really needs protecting, advisors can help bring insurance spending under control.

Many bank advisors don’t fully understand why their banks are working to reduce foot traffic at the branch—and how it could actually benefit them.

The real forces that will define the bank advisory channel in the near future and separate the winners from the losers will come from outside the bank's walls. Still broadly an issue of corporate culture, this struggle will coalesce around the overall culture of the advisory industry—and business in general.

UBS' Barry Ringelheim has seen enormous changes in the industry during his 46-year career as a financial advisor. But he says earning clients' trust remains the foundation of the business.

Despite declining numbers, defined-benefit plans are in vogue with small business owners and the advisors who serve them.

Even minor run-ins with the law can haunt you if you don't report them properly.