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Succession planning is preoccupying many independent advisor firms. But what are some concrete steps owners can take to make sure their firms continue to thrive far into the future? Financial Planning talked to Dave Grant, CFP, a financial planning analyst with Vantage Financial Partners Limited about how RIA firms can create a working environment that will attract — and keep — younger hires.

Q&A with Peter Hess, the new president and CEO of Advent Software Inc., San Francisco, a leading provider of software and services to the investment management industry.

Money Management Executive is nearing its 20th year of operation. For two decades, the newsweekly has been providing top executives in the asset management business with the information and insight they need to get their jobs done effectively.

Ratios of municipal to Treasury bond yields over the past three months have shown a degree of volatility that has complicated a standard valuation of tax-exempt debt for investors. Will that trend continue this year?

To not only survive, but thrive in 2012 and beyond, planners need to do two tricky things exceptionally well simultaneously: reduce expenses and increase their technology and mobile capabilities to engage younger, tech savvy clients.

Marketing expert Marie Swift says some advisors are realizing success using today’s interactive, real-time web to amplify their voice and position themselves not just as thought leaders but as social creatures on a mission to educate the public on all things financial.

Portware said it is introducing an online version of its flagship trade management and execution platform for large trading firms, that will allow institutions, asset managers and hedge funds of any size to work from and in the computing cloud.

The Seattle-based broker-dealer is winding down. Its legal entity will retain its liability and assets, and D.A. Davidson will not take on its bond inventory.

Stocks capped a four-day rally with another sharp rally Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average stormed up 96.50 points to close at 12,720.48.

The business world is getting more global. Does that mean you should be following suit with your practice? Based on conversations I’ve had with some bank advisors over the months, and especially in the past few weeks, most would probably rebuff that idea. But I’m not so sure.