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In investors' epic search for yield, one strategy in particular has risen to the top this year—loan participation mutual funds and ETFs.

Independence is more than just a transition; it’s a transformation, an opportunity to own what you’ve created and a legacy you can pass on. Shirl Penney of Dynasty Financial offers his roadmap to RIAs and breakaway brokers.

A NAPFA membership rule change has provoked criticism for the way the decision was reached and communicated.

The average person checks their phone every 6.5 minutes, according to a recent study by Nokia, and with dozens of apps on the average smartphone, it’s certainly easy to spend your days distracted by Angry Birds and Instagram. Financial advisors, however, pinpoint these smartphone apps as essential in helping to make their businesses and lives more efficient.

While a new report on multifamily offices finds big growth industrywide -- nearly 10% asset growth in 2011, the last year cited -- family office executives said a "primary growth constraint" was the ability to hire dedicated business development professionals.

A trio of advisors from Wells Fargo, RBC and Morgan Stanley have joined Stifel.

As regulators step up social media oversight, it will help advisors to spot the common danger zones that can trip them up as they engage on social media. Here’s what you should watch out for, and how to stay compliant.

Acquisitions are on the mind ofJeff Montgomery, who took over the helm of AFAM Capital at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.

By now, the Securities and Exchange Commission's newly-minted Chair Mary Jo White must be inundated with advice on how to succeed at her job from sources near and far.

Most financial professionals are not as referable as they think they are or as they need to be to garner a lot of great referrals.

Just days after luring another Morgan Stanley advisor, Stifel announced the hiring of longtime Morgan Stanley veteran Richard Linnihan.

Asset management deal activity rose during the first four months of this year as compared to a year earlier, according to a new report by Freeman & Co.

The recent market selloff battered municipal bonds unevenly, as those investors holding credits with higher coupons fared the best.

2012 marked a strong year for FINRA. In addition to rebounding from four years in negative territory to post $10.5 million in profit for the year, the independent securities regulator also enhanced their regulatory programs. It also saw executive compensations (for the most part) increase. Check out whose compensation soared, and whose did not.

Growth is a goal -- and a hurdle -- for many firms. So what are advisors doing to attract new business?

Larkspur, Calif.-based Litman Gregory Asset Management has hired Meredith Shuey Etherington as senior investment advisor, providing investment advisory services to individuals, family groups, foundations, and endowments.

Asset management deal activity rose during the first four months of 2013 over the same period in 2012, according to a new report by Freeman & Co.

The number of disciplinary actions rose as the regulator invested in new platforms and technology to broaden oversight.

In the current issue of Bank Investment Consultant, contributor Michael White details some of the reasons that thousands of community banks have opted to not offer wealth management services to customers. White says these banks are making a mistake, and uses an analogy to outdated hi-fi audio systems to illustrate their backward thinking. He even offers his analysis in the form of an acronym: HI-FI.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Julie Riewe and Marshall Sprung as co-chiefs of the Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit, a national specialized unit that focuses on misconduct by investment advisers, investment companies, and private funds.