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Almost two months after a court order, the CFP Board has failed to produce the required documents, Florida planners say.

From why one RIA created an all-female advisory firm in order to improve its service model to how companies are finding the best job candidates using social media, here are the notables and quotables from the past week's stories.

Under Obamacare, advisors can direct clients to health savings accounts, which they can use as medical IRAs.

This Social Security strategy can be beneficial for married clients, but has a unique opportunity for singles, too. Make sure you understand the rules.

Justin Reckers and Michelle Smith explain how and why to look into a wealthy client's assets during a divorce.

FINRA found that LPL didn’t have a reasonable system in place to determine whether purchases of alternatives would cause a customer’s account to be unsuitably concentrated.

'CARDS would be a massive and invasive regulatory undertaking with serious privacy implications ... and added technology costs and regulatory burdens,' according to a SIFMA statement.

Xerox is repurposing its Safe Courier app, which lets people scan and send financial documents like loan applications and tax paperwork on their smartphones, for the financial services industry.

Justin Reckers and Michelle Smith explain how and why to look into a wealthy client's assets during a divorce.

"There's still an employee mentality, even if an advisor is the founder or principal of a firm," says Stratos CEO Jeff Concepcion.