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Aberdeen Asset Management is mourning the loss of Andrew McMenigall, a senior investment manager in the global equity team based in Edinburgh, Scotland and Toby Wallace, a senior relationship manager in its Philadelphia office, who were yesterday involved in a fatal cycling accident in Cornwall, England.

Investors yanked $28.54 billion from long-term mutual funds were $28.54 billion for the week ended Wednesday, June 26, according to the Investment Company Institute.

In investors' epic search for yield, one strategy in particular has risen to the top this year—loan participation mutual funds and ETFs.

Independence is more than just a transition; it’s a transformation, an opportunity to own what you’ve created and a legacy you can pass on. Shirl Penney of Dynasty Financial offers his roadmap to RIAs and breakaway brokers.

A NAPFA membership rule change has provoked criticism for the way the decision was reached and communicated.

The average person checks their phone every 6.5 minutes, according to a recent study by Nokia, and with dozens of apps on the average smartphone, it’s certainly easy to spend your days distracted by Angry Birds and Instagram. Financial advisors, however, pinpoint these smartphone apps as essential in helping to make their businesses and lives more efficient.

While a new report on multifamily offices finds big growth industrywide -- nearly 10% asset growth in 2011, the last year cited -- family office executives said a "primary growth constraint" was the ability to hire dedicated business development professionals.

A trio of advisors from Wells Fargo, RBC and Morgan Stanley have joined Stifel.

As regulators step up social media oversight, it will help advisors to spot the common danger zones that can trip them up as they engage on social media. Here’s what you should watch out for, and how to stay compliant.

Acquisitions are on the mind ofJeff Montgomery, who took over the helm of AFAM Capital at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.