Practice

Advisors need to spend more time helping clients plan for long-term care and inheritance allocations before problems arise, says one advisor and author.

A former head of commercial real estate at Wilmington Trust was charged with bank fraud, bribery and money laundering, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program announced Friday.

The highest-performing firms identified in Fidelity's RIA benchmarking study focused on 'smart technology and adoption versus chasing the latest and greatest tech products.'

From suitability and complex products to cyber-security and data integrity, where do broker-dealers start? Here's an overview of some of the areas that FINRA or SEC examinations will likely focus on at firms in the coming year.

It's time to quit recycling your goals and focus on what's relevant to your practice, says one practice management coach. Here are four goals advisors should be setting, but often don't.

Regulators will soon finalize their plan to establish a new leverage ratio and it is likely to be tougher than a recently implemented global standard, top officials said Thursday.

Banks with more trust assets under management produce less revenue on average than banks with fewer assets, according to a new study from Kehrer Saltzman & Associates.

Life insurer will offer three funds focused on fixed income, commercial mortgages and real estate assets.

LGBT investors face complex legal issues and this spells opportunity for financial advisors who know how to help.

Bank advisor teams command an estimated $243.2 billion in assets under management, or 39% of all assets in the channel. That's pretty good, considering that only 17% of bank advisors work in teams.