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Demand is high for experienced executives across all channels. While advisor migration to independent RIAs remains the dominant trend, large wirehouse and bank players are also very much in the game for talent.

Municipal managers and strategists, still reeling from Detroit's bankruptcy, the surge in Puerto Rico yields, and a mid-year sell-off that was the worst in a quarter century, are getting their portfolios ready for the next expected hurdle as 2014 approaches — another spike in interest rates.

“We’re not maniacally focused on how many advisors we have affiliated with the firm,” says Scott Curtis, president of Raymond James Financial Services.

Commentary: The U.K. is debating putting a 0.75 percent cap on total fees, including an outright ban on any plans that charge more than that.

Detroit’s offer to replace a $3.5 billion unfunded pension liability with a $2 billion note “was not a serious proposal,” according to a Greenhill & Co. adviser hired by a city employee retirement fund.

A former JPMorgan Chase banker who managed Bernard Madoff’s account said the con man was on track to receive a $200 million loan less than a month before his arrest if the request hadn’t been dropped.

Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board and President Obama's pick to run the central bank, will appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 14.

Many bankers are rethinking their fee structures and the range of services they provide. The trick is to avoid overly punitive fees while offering services that offer value to customers.

State securities regulators have been ramping up examinations of investment advisors in the aftermath of the Dodd-Frank Act, which required more than 2,000 midsized advisors who had been overseen by the feds to register with state authorities.

Mary Mack, Wells Fargo's new brokerage chief, plans to put more retail clients into managed accounts as the largest U.S. firms nudge advisers away from picking individual stocks.

Newly formed Orgel Wealth Management, with $4 billion in assets under management, is redefining the process of going independent.

Our IRA expert answers questions on recharacterizations, the withdrawal penalty and the 5-year rule.

What are the unique questions your target market should be asking themselves? Because of almost universal access to information, if the clients fully understood their problem or their questions they would have little need for an advisor.

As advisors look to protect clients' assets, and lock in steady income streams as well, they're changing the ingredients they use. They're adding new products to the mix with an eye—always—toward allaying the anxieties of their conservative clients.

Banyan Partners,the $4.3 billion Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based RIA, wants to hit $10 billion in assets in the next three years, establish a national brand and secure significant wallet share in both the high-net-worth and multifamily office markets.

The first U.S. exchange-traded fund tracking China’s domestic stocks will lure investors seeking exposure to a broad range of industries in the biggest emerging economy, according to Societe Generale SA’s private bank.

Currencies and commodities were added to a list of financial products and related activities that are subject to investigation, according to a regulatory filing published by the New York-based company today.

In addition to an advisor shortage, bank programs will contend with the challenge of keeping up with technology and client expectations regarding communication practices.

Advisors look to alternative investments to diversify, hedge against inflation and decrease correlation, but should all clients have alts?

Regional and community banks are carving out niches as asset managers by offering perks and personal services to affluent customers whom bigger rivals often overlook.