Financial planning

The Internal Revenue Service reportedly sent a tax lien for $6,410,449.20 to Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro for his 2013 taxes, but it has now been paid after the notice went to the wrong address.

Click here for the top 25 bank advisors based on fee business.

The best first step in preparing for health care expenses is to separate recurring costs from the less predictable ones; Plus. a proposal in Washington calls for required minimum distributions for Roth IRAs.

During a session titled "Secrets of a Top Producer," Michelle Brennan Hall offered three questions that advisors can use to refine their firms' direction.

Our annual Top 50 was based on a composite score using various performance metrics. Here is a listing of the top bank advisors ranked in each individual category. Click here for the top 25 based solely on assets under management.

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard is asking for input from the industry in its effort to help consumers distinguish between fiduciary advisors and "product sellers."

On Wall Street honors the industry's leading branch managers.

Click here for the top 25 bank advisors based on their return on assets.

After 18 years with LPL, veteran advisor Edward Metz leaves for more personalized service at the smaller BD.

On Wall Street honors the industry's leading branch managers.

Click here for the top 25 bank advisors based on annual production.

Investing with borrowed money is just one way clients could harm their retirement portfolios; Plus, expats are advised to invest in a low-cost, taxable account.

The women’s wealth market presents a very real business growth opportunity for advisors provided they understand the specific approaches and differing preferences that will resonate with women investors.

This year's examination guidance memos from the SEC and FINRA highlight the compliance issues that will be getting the most scrutiny. Have you been paying attention?

Did you read the most recent SEC funding memo to Congress? Bob Veres did -- and if he had the ear of Mary Jo White, here's what he'd say to her.

'Adviser' vs. 'advisor': A conversation with one regulatory expert raises questions about the ways that RIAs brand themselves to clients.

Heavy fluctuations in stocks have increased in recent years. Here's one solution for advisors and their clients.

Plenty of functionality is missing from this debut product. But for the advisor on the move, there’s plenty to like as well.

No matter how clean your paperwork is, a regulatory audit can still be nerve-racking. Here's how ours felt.

Industry trade groups argue that a fiduciary rule would make investment advice and retirement planning too expensive for low- to middle-income families. Here's what they really mean, according to Bloomberg View columnist Paula Dwyer.