RIAs

Security and business continuity concerns must be addressed in service agreements when outsourcing tech operations to a third party.

This newly formed $500M RIA specializes in professional athletes and the corporate elite.

If our goal is to motivate our clients to engage in financial planning, we need to find the best way to facilitate their learning.

"Make no doubt about it, we are not near a recession," says LPL chief investment officer Burt White.

The independent broker-dealer knows it’s in a dogfight to stay competitive in a sellers’ market.

Almost all robo advisors were founded in 2009 or later and they have never seen a meaningful downturn in the financial markets. This is a major issue.

Two former employee advisors with $240M in AUM join independent firm.

Comparing its authority to that of sororities, country clubs and other trade organizations, the CFP Board convinced a federal judge to throw out planners' fee only lawsuit.

Suggesting that the financial advice industry has evolved into robos, says former SEC Commissioner Steve Wallman, "is like saying the oceans have evolved into swimming pools."

With the bank's deal to sell its wealth management business to Stifel still pending, many advisors have jumped to either rival wirehouses or launched their own independent practices.