Fiduciary standard

The method is gaining traction, even as some warn against abandoning the regular approach.

Despite initial reservations, the advisers eventually viewed the cuts as the right thing to do in light of the industry's shift to a fiduciary standard of care.

The private equity-backed firm has added seven ex-wirehouse advisers so far this year.

Dan Arnold expects that upheaval to lead to more movement of advisers and assets.

Advisers must integrate risk management, invest in technology and take control of what they can.

Advisers must integrate risk management, invest in technology and take control of what they can.

Alexander Acosta must reckon with a June 9 deadline amid a tense political debate dividing the industry.

Life insurance and annuity sales are the elephant in the room when it comes to the fiduciary standard.

Transition packages have been changing, and so should an advisers' approach to changing firms.

The new offerings could boost returns to investors by 50 basis points, according to a Morningstar study.

One brokerage executive likens the situation to changing the rules of a football game after the teams are already on the field.

A new campaign, which highlights the toll investors may face from conflicted retirement advice, is designed to win grass-roots and government support for the regulation.

Advisers will be challenged to evolve to remain successful in the new age of cheaper investing, shifting demographics and (at some point) a fiduciary standard, says Tim Coleman of Centier Bank.

The Labor Department will now conduct a review with an eye toward amending or rescinding it.

Here's what an alternative approach to the Labor Department regulation could look like.

One expert feels the marketing advantage is exaggerated because clients come into an adviser relationship like a marriage: "They’re not expecting to get divorced.”

It behooves advisers to be ahead of the pack in embracing the idea.

The benefits of going independent are alluring, but wirehouse advisers can't afford to discount the formidable challenges ahead.