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You need some sort of economic glue, such as a revenue-sharing agreement, to hold a strategic alliance together. These 5 steps should get you started.

Have your clients started talking about adding oils to the portfolio? Here are a few guidelines to remember.

2013 was a great year for advisors. But with new compensation rules and industry consolidations changing the landscape, our panel of top recruiters is urging advisors to cut their best deal now

As lifespans lengthen and the housing market rebounds, some advisors are reconsidering real estate as a long-term investment for their older clients.

The mutual fund and ETF industries are creating new products that could offer the benefits of hedge funds without the high fees and minimums.

Unaddressed problems can lead to group dysfunction, but having a difficult conversation can nip the problem in the bud and keep the office a productive workplace.

Emily Pitts, general partner at Edward Jones, relates how she found her calling in educating clients about financial planning.

Most clients, even educated, wealthy ones, frequently have no idea how their advisor is paid.

Readers asked if a branch manager is allowed to telecommute. Alan J. Foxman has the answer.

With FINRA likely to impose some kind of compensation disclosure rule this year, advisors need to think about how best to explain how they get paid to their clients.

With hedge fund advertising on the way, the impact on the industry and advisors remains unknown.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who oversees $150 billion in pension assets, called for expanding a ban on agents who solicit investments for the city’s five pension funds.

North Carolina’s Janet Cowell has some unusual qualities for a state treasurer: For one thing, she can say “running dog of a capitalist” in Mandarin. She’s also poised to voluntarily surrender her status as one of four officials nationwide with sole control over state pension investments.

Detroit’s pensions would get more than twice what creditors who loaned the city money for those funds would receive under a proposal to restructure its $18 billion of debt.

Enterprise growth, Gen Y outreach and a "war for talent" were in the spotlight last week as more than 1,600 advisors and about as many vendors and industry consultants gathered in Orlando, Fla., for TD Ameritrade Institutional's annual national conference.

The CFP Board now has two big industry players backing its effort to increase the number of female financial advisors.

Execution for prospecting events is critical, advisors heard during a session that included both tactical tips and specific ideas at the TD Ameritrade Institutional national conference.

Mainstay Capital Management specializes in helping auto industry employees manage their retirement accounts.

As operating costs rise, a growing number of community banks are following the lead of larger rivals by shuttering branches, though analysts hope the pace of closures will accelerate.

Cutting its expenses can get a bank only so far. Sometimes it has to cut someone else's expenses to get where it wants to go.