Financial planning

Management fees can eat away most of a fund's yields says Vanguard's founder; Plus, what you need to know about Medicaid and long-term care and how two men who saved the same amount for retirement wound up $234K apart

An extension in the tax break for qualified charitable distributions may come too late for hesitant donors.

An extension in the tax break for qualified charitable distributions may come too late for hesitant donors.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management spells out its plans to serve wealthy clients with complex needs and demands.

Profits are up at the wirehouses, but how do the firms compare to each other at the end of the third quarter?

Competitors are 'welcome to call' clients, says new CEO Douglas Wolford, who replaced David Zier after the latter's suicide -- but none have left, he says.

How many frustrated family members are going to take aging clients' assets away from your management because you don't know how to protect a vulnerable client?

LPL spent $32 million on fines and restitution for the nine months ending Sept. 30 -- about twice the amount the firm spent on such expenses in the prior two years combined.

Raymond James Financial's private client group contributed to record profits for the company on strong performance.

Converting a traditional IRA to a Roth account before year's end can be a great strategy in tax planning; Plus, the myth of the dumb 401(k) investor and the new wage base for 2015 Social Security taxes and benefits

The Internal Revenue Service issued two items of guidance Wednesday in response to the need for charitable and other relief due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Looking for highly-rated U.S. equity mutual funds that don't rip you off in fees? Here are 10 good bargains, according to data on Morningstar.com.

"We have to continue to grow and we'll be looking at acquisitions, mergers, tuck-ins and roll-ups, all of the above," says Mark Allen, president of Nebraska-based Allen Capital Group.

The SEC has moved ahead with rules mandating that many advisors implement policies and procedures to help shield their clients' information from scammers.

Ameriprise CEO Jim Cracchiolo credited growth in the firm's fee-based businesses and wealth management unit for the company's robust overall performance.

"This is a head-on counterattack and is definitely making the [digital] space a lot more competitive," says William Trout, a senior analyst for Celent.

American Realty Capital Properties, the biggest U.S. owner of single-tenant properties, said its financial statements are inaccurate and replaced its chief financial officer and chief accounting officer.

Where should clients put income from a side consulting job when they've maxed out their retirement plan contributions?; Plus, one of the most important retirement decisions you need to make; And don't the next downturn undermine your retirement.

The startup's software could make basic planning available to a much broader audience than the industry currently serves.

Pacific Investment Management, seeking to stem redemptions after its co-founder Bill Gross left unexpectedly, was dropped as manager of a $6.16 billion strategy offered by a unit of Prudential Financial.