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The former wirehouse advisor is the newest hire at Snowden Lane Partners, an independent firm.

“We expect this momentum to continue and potentially accelerate over the next five to seven years,” says investment banker David DeVoe.

You can’t know how a ground-floor investment will pan out, but you can help clients understand the risks and maximize their chances of success.

Certain incentives drive employees to find new revenue sources: new clients.

Unscrupulous advisors are finding safe havens, and fear no regulatory body.

The Bank of America unit that serves ultrawealthy clients picked a Merrill executive to oversee its Central North division.

Raymond James is seeking to undo a fired advisor's arbitration win against the firm, arguing that a FINRA arbitration panel exceeded its powers.

Clients who want to buy property abroad using assets in their 401(k) or IRA should take steps to make sure funds will be available when they need it; plus, why probability software is unreliable for retirement planning.

Bakhshi, who takes over as CEO in June, brings with her a track record of innovation and a reputation for getting the most out of her teams.

“We expect this momentum to continue and potentially accelerate over the next five to seven years,” says investment banker David DeVoe.

The research firm says its new rating will be a tool to help investors verify that funds invest according to socially conscious principles.

Global shares are rebounding from the worst January plunge in seven years as oil prices recovered and the Federal Reserve slowed the path of interest-rate increases.

Independent robo providers still have a chance to survive and reach sustainability, thanks to an expected flood of smaller accounts being shed as a result of the rule.

Voices: The assumptions that robos can disrupt human advice or are even innovative technology should be questioned, argues Riskalyze CEO Aaron Klein.

These clients ‘don’t want standard vanilla portfolios,’ so offer funds they can’t just get anywhere. Here’s how.

SEC Chairwoman tells lawmakers that a uniform fiduciary proposal is advancing and appeals for a funding increase that would be used to beef up advisor exams.

The new recruits made the move to HighTower from Morgan Stanley and SunTrust.

A well-known Wall Street firm is urging Citigroup to split itself in two for the benefit of investors, adding to the chorus of calls for the biggest banks to be broken up. How much of a difference will it make?

A study finds that the percentage of older Americans over 75 who take five or more prescription drugs jumped to 47% in 2011 from 24% in 1999; plus, who is exempt from Social Security taxes.

A handy cheat sheet of some of the most useful Social Security planning strategies.