Practice

"Everything is bigger in Texas." That's certainly the case when the Raymond James and its 2013 national conference descended on Dallas, where thousands of advisors around the country gathered to learn best practices and swap ideas.

Americans are allocating a smaller share of their spending to investment-related fees since the recession, a sign they are still wary of returning to financial markets even as stocks trade near record highs.

UBS executive Robert Mulholland has a message for professionals in the financial services industry: We are the adults in the room.

Schwab’s CEO Walt Bettinger sent clients a letter apologizing for the inconvenience caused by the company’s website outage Tuesday.

Fidelity Investments has rolled out a Windows Phone 8 brokerage app for Windows Phone users to help them manage their investments on the go.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has updated its guidance for individual municipal bond investors by urging them to ask brokers questions about issuer disclosures and bond insurer ratings.

Thousands of Raymond James financial advisors gathered in Dallas this week for the firm's annual national conference -- here's what they picked up.

Thousands of Raymond James financial advisors gathered in Dallas this week for the firm's annual national conference -- here's what they told us they picked up.

A proposed rule requiring advisors to disclose their transition packages when switching firms could change the tone of the conversations in the war for top industry talent.

A former Canadian “mutual fund” salesman has been banned for life from the industry and ordered to pay a fine of $6 million for stealing clients’ assets valued at some $12 million, the Globe and Mail reports.