Understanding pro-rata rules can ensure that a client only pays their fair share to the government. Plus, these retirement preparations can boost returns and a look at when spending means better planning.

News that LPL may be looking for suitors comes at a time of financial pressure for the country's largest independent broker-dealer.

By leveraging new technology, advisers find new ways to reach their clients from across the globe, as well as here at home.

Pershing Advisor Solutions CEO Mark Tibergien says a renewed look at both internship and adviser mentoring programs is vital.

The regional firm’s latest recruit joined its employee channel after 17 years at the wirehouse.

Solo practitioners can gain backup, business continuity, flexibility and expanded offerings — as long as they decide it’s worth the time and cost.

The firm's latest recruit has more than three decades of industry experience and previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors.

The independent broker-dealer landed four recruits from Merrill Lynch, Edward Jones, Wunderlich Securities and Ameriprise.

These kids "are making bad choices, but they don’t realize it because everybody around them is making bad choices, too," says this fee-only adviser who specializes in advising members of the armed services.

The advisers are industry veterans who joined the regional firm in two offices.

Here’s what advisers need to know for a successful transition.

Eight advisers opened a new office for Merrill Lynch's Private Banking & Investment Group, which serves ultrawealthy clients.

Open enrollment offers seniors the opportunity to change their plans and save hundreds of dollars.

The wirehouse, which is embracing the new regulation, is the first to unveil its strategy in depth.

The new recruits join from RBC and Wells Fargo Advisors.

Provide more effective feedback by making it part of everyday work and make assessments more forward-thinking.

Medicare is needlessly complicated so people often become paralyzed, cannot make a decision and end up doing nothing, says an expert.

Founded by former wirehouse advisers, XML Financial is the seventh firm to join the IPO-bound RIA aggregator this year.

Relura Horton, former regional managing director at Fidelity Custody and Clearing, hopes to attract more women clients to her new firm.

While clients experience various benefits as they age, they still owe taxes after exiting the workforce.