Portfolio

Use these tips for smart giving during the holidays. Plus, avoiding the cost of inherited assets and revisiting W4s.

Flawed questionnaires, conflicting interests, unclear regulatory stances — it’s a mess, but it can only get better.

The advisers are industry veterans who joined the regional firm in two offices.

Here’s what advisers need to know for a successful transition.

Eight advisers opened a new office for Merrill Lynch's Private Banking & Investment Group, which serves ultrawealthy clients.

Digital advice clients "have affirmatively chosen not to enroll in comprehensive financial planning," according to a newly published white paper.

Putting a disaster plan into effect to protect a practice and a home in Florida.

Adviser Rick Woolfolk, who is also a Civil Air Patrol representative for the U.S. Air Force, offers survival tips for firms. Woolfolk’s practice is located in Texas' Tornado Alley region.

From teaching disaster prep classes before, to holding hands after, advisers’ best practices for catastrophes.

Dupree Financial Group was censured for shortfalls that firm's founder insists were not indicative of a lax compliance culture.