Financial planning

Each advisor needs a compelling tale to attract new business. Here's how to craft a strong message focused on the ways you best help your clients.

Retirement savers may consider rolling over their 401(k) assets to an IRA if they want to consolidate their retirement accounts and have an easier time managing their savings; Plus, the hidden threat to retirement.

As policy payouts soar to record levels, LTC industry professionals worry that advisors are falling short -- and offer up a few facts, forecasts and trends they think advisors should pay attention to.

As their interest income dwindles, banks are looking to bulk up their wealth management businesses in a bid to boost their fee-based revenue.

The IRS has issued guidance on the potential approaches it may take in the future on proposed regulations for the excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage in the Affordable Care Act.

Plus, how clients can avoid tax blunders, and why they shouldn't always stick to the standard sequence for tax-efficient portfolio withdrawals for retirement planning.

A broad range of investors who have never thought about a family foundation can use donor-advised funds to pass on core values to heirs as part of their estate planning

Financial advisors and academics are helping retirees ensure their spending plans are on track by offering drawdown strategies that can adjust to age, account balance and other factors; Plus, five benefits of a capital gains retirement strategy.

President Barack Obama throws his support behind the Department of Labor's fiduciary proposal; advisors take to Twitter to voice their reply.

SIFMA's Karl Schimmeck discusses where the threats are coming from and what is being done to mitigate the risk.

Meet the investor of tomorrow. Based on a roundup of recent polls, here are some of the most important themes for advisors to consider.

In a rare independent-to-employee move, four independent advisors joined the employee channel of Raymond James.

After the company combines its custodian and clearing businesses and launches a new tech division, advisors should be alert to any service changes.

Now that the Labor Department has pressed forward with a controversial proposal for advisors in the retirement space, where do the rules go from here?

Advisors should advise clients to avoid buying a one-size-fits-all product and to check offerings by as many carriers as possible before making a decision; Plus, how to counsel pre-retirees who want to give financial assistance to their adult children.

Following a favorable IRS ruling, the popularity of these retirement plans has been on the rise. Here's what advisors need to understand about offering them to clients.

Arthur Tambaro thought his career was over just a year ago. But his latest move makes sense in his career path, he says.

Retail advice revenue accounted for roughly two-thirds of RCS's total full-year revenue of $2.8 billion, but the company's 2014 loss was almost 100 times greater than in 2013.

Investment advisors should act in their customers' best interests, President Obama says. Here's how they don't, and how it can hurt investors.

The regulator meted out $135 million in fewer, but bigger, fines last year, the most it's assessed against firms and their registered reps since the financial crisis.