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Savvy inheritance planning can alleviate HNW clients' concerns that their wealth will be squandered or lead to squabbling among heirs. Here's how advisors can conduct the most effective family meetings to tackle these delicate issues.

United Capital has started providing regular liquidity to advisors with some first stock sales proceeds exceeding $500,000.

Hedge-fund and mutual-fund firms will face scrutiny of their risk-management practices in a meeting today with the top U.S. derivatives regulator.

Holding effective meetings with staff and clients not only maximizes your own time, but also makes the most of your employees' time and your clients' time.

Make the most of your LinkedIn profile by making sure your social media strategies are the strongest they can be. Here are tips collected from several industry experts.

Working on family governance can be a slow process, but both clients and their advisors benefit - with clients having peace of mind and advisors providing a premium value-add for high- and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Advisory firms are embracing social media to help with recruiting and hiring talent. Keep a few rules in mind.

Variable annuity net new sales are expected to surge in the coming years after taking a dive in 2012, according to research firm Cerulli Associates.

Though the cost to the system of "file and suspend" and "claim now, claim more later" filing strategies is modest, Congress will eventually be forced to look for ways to align future balance sheets as the Social Security trust fund gets spent down.

Gun-shy and data driven, younger clients can pose a particular challenge. Here are 5 concepts to keep in mind.