Financial planning

How to help women in junior roles take the steps to become successful independent advisors.

The Constellation deal underscores the importance of banks continuing to be major players in RIA mergers and acquisitions.

The brokerage model as the industry knows it may be pushed aside by a future fiduciary standard.

Firms seeking to cut a deal, whether buying or selling, need to understand these key considerations.

An advisor who oversaw $75 million in client assets left the wirehouse to join the super regional's independent channel.

Complacency is the latest threat facing federal employees.

Major corporate pension funds incurred an investment return of 9.7% from their hedge-fund investments last year, lower than 13.7% earnings and dividends posted by the S&P 500; Plus, how much of a client retirement portfolio belongs in bonds.

"There’s a huge opportunity for wealth managers to provide advice and services around social impact," says Capgemini’s William Sullivan.

Two brothers are behind Webo, which is designed to be a robo that emulates WordPress -- free for any advisor to use and simple to customize.

Wealthfront CEO Adam Nash says “Silicon Valley optimism” will help reimagine and redefine financial services.

See which independent broker-dealers reported over 20% payout growth and what their average payout is.

At SourceMedia's Digital Banking Summit, numerous bankers spoke passionately about the need for financial institutions to create intuitive digital-money experiences.

As more baby boomers age, withdrawals from 401(k) plans are outpacing new contributions, creating worries for asset managers; Plus, seven ways retirees can boost their income.

SEC Commissioner Kara Stein is worried that mutual fund sector is moving beyond the reach of the regulators.

These mainstream strategies have virtually no chance of working for clients. So why are they still so popular?

Wealthy individuals are having a harder time differentiating between advisory firms, according to a new study that expects American households will accumulate nearly $11 trillion in assets over the next five years.

While the IRS allows only one IRA rollover per year, clients are allowed to convert a portion of their IRA to a Roth account as many times as they want; Plus, when your clients should take their IRA required minimum distributions.

Power has shifted to the advisor, who is acting as the portfolio manager, ignoring intermediaries and going directly to the fund managers or assets they want in their portfolio models.

The partners who own a firm need to create a compensation structure that accounts for their own changing roles over time.

Unbundling fees might clarify the deductibility of your work, but may be tricky for some firms.