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There's little on the performance side, but some funds manage to pay out more than others while keeping costs low.

Whether an advisor should steer clients into currency-hedged international funds is a very close call. Here’s how to make it.

Here’s how to assemble teams that meet their immediate objectives, but then go on to excel.

When a client moans about not having the hot stock of the moment in her portfolio, here's what to tell her.

A new law ends years of last-minute renewals of the right to make qualified charitable distributions from IRAs.

A FINRA panel ordered the wirehouse to pay a client $95,000 for losses relating to bonds issued by the island commonwealth. By contrast, UBS says it faces more than $1 billion in similar claims.

Despite a law signed in late 2015, advisors who master the arcane rules of Social Security stand to prosper.

When clients begin to decline, advisors should be cautious about family members who might exploit them.

Clients know that profits don’t always point up all the time. Don’t try and fool them.

Why one planner helps clients with everything from finding long-term care to community resources.

Workers and employers would benefit from a phased retirement, but only one in four workers aged 55 and older have such an option; Plus, clients should avoid being dogmatic about withdrawals.

Filing expected Sunday; advisors expected to receive distributions through retention packages.

Analyze existing information to avoid sending a “please tell your friends about me” email.

An idea from an unexpected source –Rolls Royce–could make it easy for clients to help you.

Pooled employer plans and auto-enrollment gain Senate support, but advisors working with those plans could soon be held to a higher fiduciary standard.

Telling clients what it means to be a fiduciary is vital, but it shouldn’t come across canned and wordy.

Advisors may want to stop clients from rushing into this investment during uncertain times, even as it starts to regain lost ground.

A somewhat darker tone could be observed emitting from the ETF.com conference this year.

Some advisors with less than five years in practice have achieved remarkable results. Here are some of their secrets.