Brokers' top questions and concerns about the protocol's demise answered.

The No. 4 IBD has added 12 advisors with $2.1 billion in client assets since the acquisition.

Learning through experience is a great way to prepare for a successful advisory career.

Follow these directions to keep your professional goals on the right track, Kelli Cruz says.

A new body of research suggests an ideal retirement-planning approach may exist — but buyer beware.

The move occurred just days before UBS said it would exit the Broker Protocol.

One-third of households headed by Americans aged 65 and older derive 90% of their retirement income from Social Security, according to a GAO report.

A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.

The regional firm pulled its latest hires from Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch.

The strategy could provide lifelong cash flow by trimming longevity risk.

The IBD's longtime head stepped down as part of a plan to remake the firm.

Whether they have a mortgage does not affect the capital gains calculation, according to a CFP.

Retirees should ensure that they take their first required minimum distribution from their tax-deferred retirement account in the year they reach 70 1/2 or face a 50% penalty.

Their use has jumped 1,035% with assets topping more than $1 trillion.

With two wirehouses out, questions arise as to whether Merrill Lynch will follow suit.

Morgan Stanley alone lost 11 teams managing about $7 billion after its abrupt exit from the protocol pact, according to recent hiring announcements.

The wirehouse advisors joined the firm's independent broker-dealer.

In September, the inflation rate was 2.23%, slightly higher than the proposed Social Security increase. So realistically, recipients "will not be better off at all."

"Sun and sand are great," says one analyst, but they're not the only considerations. They certainly didn't help boost the top city in this survey.

When it comes to planning, hitting financial goals is only part of the story.