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One of the advisors managed about $200 million in client assets while working for the wirehouse. The other joins a $500 million team at Janney, the firm said.

About a quarter of fee-only advisory firms we surveyed in February said they had changed their fee structure in the past year (as did 20% of all independent firms). So what did they do? We combed through respondents' individual comments to identify several of the changes firms have made.

About a quarter of fee-only advisory firms we surveyed in February said they had changed their fee structure in the past year (as did 20% of all independent firms). So what did they do? We combed through respondents' individual comments to identify several of the changes firms have made.

"We're betting on financial advisors and personalized financial advice delivered by people," says RJFS President Scott Curtis.

Seven years after declaring a truce in a battle with large banks over tracking their insured deposits, the FDIC reopened the fight Tuesday with a new proposal that would take an even tougher stance.

The case complaint is the latest to portray America’s all-electronic stock market as vulnerable to predators with software.

Psychological experiments at the University of Georgia offer a pair of clear takeaways for advisors facing prospects.

Changes in both demographics and tax laws require a massive rethinking of estate planning strategies. Here are a few of the minefields that planners should avoid.

Three advisors left the wirehouse to join the independent brokerage network at Wells Fargo.

Striking a balance between the emerging and traditional realms of investing is where Motif Investing sees its niche, says its co-founder and CEO Hardeep Walia.