Client communications

The CFP Board’s new code of ethics should be celebrated for embracing the fiduciary concept — will the standards be strengthened even more in the future?

When a prospective client asks, "So, what do you do?" you have 30 seconds to make a great impression. Here's how to respond.

In these markets, where the median sales price is under $200,000, affordable homes are within reach.

It’s an essential task both for advisors launching practices and seasoned veterans breaking away. Here’s how to ensure a good fit — and avoid costly mistakes.

Financial advisors should immediately contact clients with prenuptial agreements to see if they’re impacted.

The uncertainly of regulation and their own survival is at the root of advisors’ stress, but there are also some positives of the job.

The products are designed to provide some upside potential yet limit investment risk, which has helped boost their popularity.

The stresses of the job practically demand that we have people to confide in when the going gets rough, Michael Kitces writes.

Lower incomes, longer lives and time out of the workforce means women lag men when it comes to preparing for retirement. Advisors can help.

Investors may support the pay hikes, but protesters says the bank owes customers more.

Many advisors blindly spend time and money on social media platforms without accurately measuring the ROI.

Wirehouses are losing talent as advisors look to escape bank-owned firms.

One fintech is offering a new technology to allow clients to record and send video requests directly to their planner rather than wait on hold for a human response or interact with a robot.

The regulator's proposal is set to remake compliance standards for brokers and advisors.

Advisors need to educate clients — but not dumb down their advice — when it comes to the complex world of these investment vehicles.

Books can be great marketing tools, but also time consuming.

"Vitriol" and "vileness" lead FPA national to take unprecedented "nuclear option" against New York chapter

The “breadth and depth of relevant resources” from the home office serve as a critical differentiator, Cerulli says.

The commission's new risk alert focuses on fees and expenses and amplifies its focus on disclosures and compensation structures.