Financial planning

Ways your elderly clients can avoid becoming the victim of a scam; plus, what you need to know about Social Security benefits and what to do if your clients' 401(k) stinks.

A senior Labor Department official says his team is amenable to tweaks in the proposed rules so long as the fiduciary relationship is formalized with the client.

How clients might benefit from putting a hold on certain retirement strategies; plus, tailoring retirement plans to small businesses and tips to reduce all that IRA paperwork.

Tax-savings tools for your clients. Plus, how clients can convert to Roth IRAs and take advantage of the benefits without a huge tax bill.

The most important investment a wealth management firm can make is in its people. To thrive over the long term, firms must be able to attract and land great talent.

With the addition of the new recruits, Faubourg Private Wealth Advisors now has seven former J.P. Morgan advisors.

The advisors managed a combined $278 million in client assets.

Regulators say that as threats continue to mount, they are expecting more formal policies and procedures from the firms they examine.

Even as a first step for clients seeking information on advisors, BrokerCheck is under scrutiny by advocacy groups.

The move represents HighTower's eighth transition this year and its 14th office on the West Coast.

Regulators have cracked down on LPL advisors in Massachusetts for using terms like "Retirement Specialist" and "Retirement Income Planning Specialist" -- while its planners use them elsewhere.

In separate lists, these are the five biggest international funds as well as the best performing funds over the past year.

How policy makers should address the growing state-run pension shortfall; plus, why the last check your client writes should bounce before they die and tips for clients to retire early without giving up what they love.

Head of industry group lobbying against the Labor Department's proposal is hopeful that the final regulation will address compliance objections and expand permissible transactions.

Only 22% of affluent investors say they are familiar with what a robo advisor is, according to a new poll.

President Barack Obama announces a renewed push for laws to help clients save for retirement; Plus, the three worst states for clients to retire and what happens when you take out a 401(k) loan.

After announcing 11% growth in net income for the wirehouse's brokerage unit, Wells Fargo executives told analysts that they are thinking of launching a robo advisor.

Wells Fargo’s independent channel lands four recruits, including a husband-and-wife team.

Aggregator adds myCIO to its four previous investments Veritable, Clarfeld Financial, Baker Street Advisors and Welch & Forbes.

Independent broker dealer Securities America picked up an independent RIA with $6.5 million in production from LPL.