To protect client nest eggs, advisors must know which savings vehicles are protected — and they’re not all created equal.

One problem is the proposal is focusing on the minor advantage of tax-deferred retirement plans, says Bloomberg columnist Aaron Brown.

The department faced scathing criticism for hours from insurers and consumer advocates alike.

Financial advisor Lazetta Rainey Braxton describes tangible methods for opening minds and advisory practices.

The firm expands on both coasts with Glasband Stempel Wealth Management in Florida and Carol Wilshire in California.

A comprehensive guide to how these provisions affect retirement plans

Tools from Betterment, Vestwell and FiduciaryShield make it easy for planners to become retirement plan advisors, but they need to think twice before jumping in.

Fidelity's letter to the Labor Department says the proposal isn't “well grounded or supported by much of the emerging data.”

Among some 500 large-cap U.S. mutual funds, those with at least one-third of manager positions held by women have beaten those with none, data show.

It may seem counterintuitive, but paying appreciably more taxes in 2020 could save families a lot of money down the road.

“The strategy was really tied to choosing the right partners who we knew had a greater likelihood of integrating well together,” says Amit Sahasrabudhe, COO of the firm’s U.S. wealth management business.

“Given the moment that we’re at in history with all of the threats to racial, gender and climate justice, it really felt like it was time to expand what we were doing.” Rachel Robasciotti says.

Financial advisors can help the country’s increasingly diverse population, but we must fully realize our vision of recruiting more young and racially diverse talent.

Unnerving as this COVID-19 year has been, the massive shift to virtual business has propelled planners to work even more efficiently with clients.

Lower transaction costs can often come with higher expense ratios at the nation’s largest IBD.

As millennial and Gen-Z women take more control of their own finances and those of their families, they’re becoming less tolerant of bias, research found.

Pressing the bank for examples of non-solicitation violations, the judge cut off JPMorgan’s attorney: “you are dancing all around my question.”

The group includes an advisor who started his career at Merrill in 1977.

This follows another August acquisition — an ex-UBS team that managed $1 billion in assets.

The slate of new hires come from several competitors including Wells Fargo and Edward Jones.