Planners must have a strategy and compensation plan to keep employees engaged and grow their firms.

The adviser joins the regional BD during a push to grow the firm.

Signing on wholeheartedly can be an effective marketing tool with clients.

Key questions to ask when firms choose to rely on the best interest contract exemption. Some policies may drive advisers away.

Investors should take market volatility as an opportunity to engage in year-end tax planning that includes strategies such as tax-loss harvesting.

Here are key takeaways from a Department of Labor fact sheet.

A $650M firm serving HNW clients wanted help "navigating regulatory change."

Changing a Medigap plan during open enrollment could be costly, especially when the switch happens after the initial six-month window.

Here’s how to help prepare clients for what comes next.

A friendly memo to help top regulators in the next administration set priorities. One key point: planners and fee-compensated IRAs are the least of your worries.

A Yale Law School professor proposes raising the full retirement age to 76 and imposing a steep 80% penalty for the highest earners who opt to claim their benefits early.

The group's leader comes with 26 years of industry experience.

Clients fare just as well, and possibly better, with their other investments by developing the same savings habits of these retirement accounts. Plus, getting more out of munis.

The new recruit is leaving the wirehouse to work as an independent.

Because federal rules now require parents to plan earlier for funding education, advisers can offer substantial value to clients through their financial aid expertise.

The three recruits joined the independent firm from Wells Fargo and Edward Jones.

Tell clients in this situation to make sure they know key dates and review their statements to confirm the amounts are accurate.

Several senators conducted their own review of FINRA reports and said they found that Wells Fargo had “ample information” about the severity of the bogus account practices for years.

How some firms bypass traditional methods and offer points and rewards programs.

Assets at firm's Total Return Fund have slipped 70% from its peak in April 2013 to $82.6 billion.