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Four important things to bear in mind if you are considering joining a network of independent RIAs.

The fund's manager, who was 11 years old when Vanguard began offering the fund in 1986, tracks the performance of more than 10,000 securities.

Given how dysfunctional many families are during a crisis, a lack of coordination of agents can sow even more financial confusion, and even conflict.

While delaying Social Security can maximize retirement benefits and boost income, some clients have financial circumstances that make an early retirement a better option.

From regulators to technology providers to CEOs, these are the players who will remake wealth management in 2017.

Get ready to have these conversations with clients given the surprising election results.

Ex-RIA Richard G. Cody gave false reports to retirees for more than a decade, the SEC says. Many lost most of their life savings.

Expect the bonds versus stocks pendulum to swing anew.

Some advisers expressed concern about the custodian now competing for the same clients they were courting with the institutional version of Schwab's robo.

Though popular, the low cost model in digital advice is unsustainable, analysts maintain.