Financial planning

When older clients want to relocate, they must consider the cost of housing and health care, as well as taxes.

Help your clients avoid a double-tax whammy by reporting nondeductible IRA contributions.

As technology grows more complex, advisory firms must ramp up their expertise.

How one firm helps advisors map out a plan 10 years before retirement.

Advisor Hugh Johnson has a simple focus: provide near-market performance with less volatility and risk.

More advisors are affiliating with larger firms through richly resourced super OSJs that offer a close-knit working environment.

The first 100 days is crucial to establishing a strong relationship with new clients that will pay off for years to come.

Help clients understand that temporary losers in a volatile market are just that: temporary.

When markets are volatile, clients can be panicky. Advisors need to help them combat their fears.

New digital tools can help advisors identify and connect with prospective clients no matter where they are.

While the market is beyond anybody's control, clients can take steps to mitigate the impact of volatility on their portfolios; Plus, the biggest reason workers don't save enough for retirement.

Commission marks 75th anniversary of Investment Advisers Act, but says there is much work still to do to fully protect investors.

Lee Dana Weiss and his firm Family Endowment Partners face numerous cases from clients as well.

Which banks are advisors moving to? Twelve recently switched to Associated Bank, Bank of the West, BNY Mellon, U.S. Bank and Webster Bank.

Nearly half of respondents to a survey said they were “very or somewhat knowledgeable,” but failed to adequately answer questions about the rules; Plus, 3 reason to rethink your retirement.

Advisors’ usage of social media includes platforms like Pinterest, where they showcase lifestyle-oriented content to their clients and potential clients.

The market has seen 200 ETF launches this year, more than ever before, Bloomberg reports. But only 20 new funds have managed to gather at least $50 million in assets.

There are three types of advisors when it comes to embracing technology, says the advisor organization: early adopters, those who will follow peer success, and those who wait until the last minute.

UBS agreed to pay $34 million to settle charges by the SEC and FINRA that it failed to supervise a former broker who had customers invest in UBS-affiliated mutual funds using money borrowed from an affiliated bank.

The team left the wirehouse to form their own independent firm, representing one of the largest groups that Dynasty has helped go independent.