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Tulsa Federal Credit Union’s sole advisor, who joined from Merrill Lynch, is already months ahead of schedule.

Amid major changes in the tax code, accountants with planning expertise can become go-to advisors.

Investment firms are pushing into the country as financial reforms open access to an industry that’s expected to grow more than five-fold by 2030.

Holiday parties and team-building outings may still be deductible. What about entertaining prospects over dinner?

The regulator's proposal is set to remake compliance standards for brokers and advisors.

“There aren’t many combination opportunities left, so about six or seven months ago we recommitted ourselves to recruiting and got more aggressive in recruiting,” says Michael Purpura, president of D.A. Davidson Wealth Management.

Industry leaders were selected from Voya Investment Management, Franklin Templeton Investments, Carson Group and more.

The advisor fooled her victims into thinking she would invest their funds when in fact she used the money to buy luxury items and real estate, prosecutors claim.

The firm’s CEO is counting on growth at the investment bank to drive future returns.

By requiring brokers to look out for clients’ best interests, the SEC is effectively requiring them to give financial advice, which distinguishes them from online brokers and should let them keep charging clients premium fees.

The bank is seeking to boost efficiency and growth by combining two wealth management businesses into a single one known as Global Wealth Management.

How can advisors best use the investment research firm's data to help clients?

How often should CCOs pay a visit to branch offices?

Financial advice sometimes is — and isn’t — deductible.

All systems go for more transactions — but the stock market is a wild card.

An unregistered advisor with little investing experience raised $1.4 million from family and friends and then squandered the money on bad investments, federal prosecutors say.

Jamie Price doesn’t expect the firm's advisors to have any problem with a new standard after taking steps to comply with the more restrictive DOL rule.

"I still feel like NAPFA is one of the best kept secrets in the planning world and we want to change that," NAPFA CEO Geoffrey Brown says.

“The broker-dealer world has tried to hang their hat on suitability, and if you close your eyes a little and squint, they almost look like fiduciaries — but not really,” one advisor says.

Less than a third of those polled analyze transaction costs before a trade.