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Clients often dream of retiring overseas for a change of scenery and lifestyle. Here’s what a handful of advisors have to say about some of the most popular overseas retirement destinations among their clients.

Professional athletes are enticing prospects for advisors. They've made it big, encountered a sudden windfall of wealth and many are young- sometimes right out of high school- and do not have the experience to understand how to manage it all themselves. Unfortunately, those conditions have also made for some of the most contentious disputes.

In a business where scale is everything, regional broker-dealers are growing rapidly. Check out which firms have the most advisors, and which are gaining ground.

Timid clients and more fee-based business weighed on transaction revenues. See which firms fared best over the past year.

As financial planning becomes a more important element of advisors' practice, fee revenues are ticking up across the board. Click through to see which firms are capitalizing the most on this movement.

With all the anticipation of a large transfer of intergenerational wealth, a lot can be at stake for advisors presiding over high net worth clients at these meetings.

On Wall Street and New York Life/Mainstay Investments pinpoint the top leaders in wealth management.

Facebook,Twitter and LinkedIn are changing the way advisors communicate with clients. How can advisors better use social media to take their practice to the next level?

When offering a market perspective or sitting down with a client for a portfolio review, word choice can make all the difference.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, Wall Street pay is down, double-digits. But, over the sweep of the past quarter century, it's a different story. SOURCES: Office of the New York State Comptroller, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics