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The variable annuities sector stabilizes as issuers find a balance between provider risk and client protection.

It's important to understand your strengths and weaknesses. If you're not getting the level of success you want, it may be time to investigate a new type of firm.

While the cloud shift and mobile tools continue to dominate, a few newer patterns emerged at this year's T3 conference.

Forging real relationships -- in person and not just online -- builds not only long-term friendships, but business to boot, says one marketing expert.

CFP Board makes new push into academia with plans for a center at its headquarters and an academic journal

The so-called Crummey technique has the IRS concerned, so planners might want to alert HNW clients before the opportunity is reined in.

First Citizens Banc in Sandusky, Ohio, will close three branches to cut costs.

FINRA's treatment of a former manager in its southeast regional office shows the self-policing group for brokerages should be "put out of its misery once and for all," writes a former investment banker, author and columnist.

Many states have updated their trust laws, providing simpler techniques to help trustees deal with the challenges of irrevocable trusts.

Bill Gross’s Pacific Investment Management Co. was the only provider among the top 10 U.S. mutual-fund families to suffer net withdrawals last month, according to a report from Morningstar Inc.