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Neil Hattem has joined Stifel Nicolaus as a senior vice president in Los Angeles.

In an uncertain market, many wealthy clients are fearful of giving away liquid assets to reduce the size of their estates. An alternative is to give a home to the next generation using a lease-back strategy.

Proving that advisory competition is still strong, Merrill Lynch has hired a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisor duo with $377.8 million in client assets, and lost two other teams to other wirehouse firms.

Stocks from three industry sectors stood out from the pack last month. Did you have your clients locked into any of these summer standouts?

Carlyle Agrees to Buy TCW (Trust Company of the West) from Societe Generale

Ask Ed Slott: Your IRA Expert answers readers' questions about naming contingent beneficiaries for IRAs.

The wealth management unit reports a drop in revenue from commissions and transaction fees.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has shuffled two of its top executives as it aims to bolster ties its Consulting Group business has with the firm's wealth advisory services and the clients its advisory force serves.

Genworth Financial Trust Company announced a new program to help independent financial advisors find the trust companies best suited to working with them.

Looking to build out its wealth management division, SEI expects Doug Pugliese will draw clients at companies' top brass.