Financial planning

Those mourning the loss of loved ones likely won’t appreciate this traditional gesture.

Advisors who use these guidelines may see their efforts mushroom, as Raymond James advisor Melissa Joy found.

A private equity firm will help the robo RIA evaluate financing options.

How the profits on capital gain distributions can turn into a negative for your clients' wallet. Plus, time is running out on low-interest rate, intra-family loans. Also, not forgetting dependency exemptions before year's end.

"I don't see a top in valuations," says Marty Bicknell, CEO of Mariner Wealth Advisors.

Advisors use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter; some companies formulate official policies.

Clients who have $30,000 in student loan debt would have missed as much as $325,000 in investment opportunities in their 401(k) plans; Plus, the one money move to make before the end of the year.

It’s rare that advisors leave the Christian-oriented independent firm, a spokeswoman says.

Exencial’s John Burns is looking to buy RIAs and his phone “has been ringing a lot."

Financial planners and tax experts offer their unique strategies for year-end planning that can help your clients.

Financial planners and tax experts offer their unique strategies for year-end planning that can help your clients.

Setting aside 15% of income for retirement may not be enough to build a nest egg that is adequate to cover living and other costs in the golden years; Plus, why investors should say no to universal life insurance as a retirement fund.

Advisors must ensure that their firms meet the needs of the younger generation of workers.

El-Erian says we have borrowed market returns from the future. Allan Roth is having none of it.

Cybersecurity is a “huge, huge, huge issue” for advisory industry, says John Burns of Exencial Wealth Advisors.

A proposal to require the Labor Department to respond to the volumes of comment it received on the proposal would create a delay that fiduciary advocates say would run out the clock on a vital consumer protection.

The ex-advisor says he was told that Morgan Stanley "suspected" Russian hackers got access to thousands of customer records stored on his personal computer and tried to sell the information on the Internet.

With automated advice platforms now a standard offering, the easy assumption is that technology is being universally adopted by advisers. Key insights from our annual Tech Survey, though, challenge that notion.

Nothing in the 401(k) plan market changes overnight and some caution that while robos may have a valuable role to play in helping prepare employees for retirement, employers need to do their due diligence.

The firm could resurrect its U.S. brokerage business online, analysts say. However, Deutsche executives have said they were unsure about their U.S. plans for automated advice.