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IMCA is updating the curriculum and exams for its CIMA certification to better prepare advisors for a changing industry, the association said at its annual conference.

Planners who work with service members and veterans say the U.S. military could do more to help soldiers in financial straits. Here are their recommendations.

Conventional wisdom holds that allocations should become more conservative as investors enter their retirement years, decreasing the exposure to equities. Now research shows the opposite may be true.

Douglas Cowgill, the firm's president and chief compliance officer, attempted to disguise the shortfall from SEC examiners by entering a fake trade in the firm's account records, according to the SEC complaint.

FINRA barred a former bank advisor from the industry for attempting to swindle customers and fined and suspended two others for violating standards of commercial honor.

Conventional wisdom holds that allocations should become more conservative as investors enter their retirement years, decreasing the exposure to equities. Now research shows the opposite may be true.

Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group and UBS will face questions this week about key banker departures, legal challenges and their efforts to boost profitability.

Warren Buffett, who invested $5 billion in Bank of America, said he's confident the lender will overcome an accounting mistake that forced the firm to suspend an increased payout to shareholders.

Advisors are bound to manipulate clients -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

It usually pays to wait, but not always. Here's a look at five important factors advisors should consider when developing Social Security strategies for clients.

'If the goal is to maximize value, selling to an external buyer is always better,' says Pershing's Mark Tibergien. 'If the goal is based on commitments to clients and associates, selling internally is better.'

A standalone application, Pocket Risk, helps advisors gauge clients’ risk aversion and anticipate behavior during downturns.

Financial despair is a major contributing cause of suicide among troops and veterans.

New software is helping wealth management firms like Morgan Stanley and Raymond James put the ''social" in their advisors' networking.

FINRA's broad brush strokes smear good advisors as well as the bad ones. Here are five ways that the regulator, and the industry in general, tars those advisors who uphold the law and act responsibly with the same brush.

Every client-facing industry has embraced social media with both arms -- except wealth management. Advisors and firms need to catch up.

Ex-commanders take new jobs as load-pushing 'advisors.' No wonder service members get victimized.

Among many troops who take their own lives, financial stress is a major contributing factor.

With money market funds yielding just 0.01%, even 1% inflation can erode a nest egg. Here's how planners can work with fearful clients who want to keep most, if not all, assets in cash.

With money market funds yielding just 0.01%, even 1% inflation can erode a nest egg. Here's how planners can work with fearful clients who want to keep most, if not all, assets in cash.