Financial planning

Financial advisors may need to alter the traditional way they view investors’ safety zones.

Independent firm Snowden Lane Partners recruited another wirehouse advisor team, this time from Merrill Lynch.

Cyberattacks pose a serious threat to investors, as well as advisors and broker-dealers, and the SEC is paying attention. Here's the most recent guidance from the regulator and what it means for advisors.

The average amount given to charity from wealthy households rose 28% last year, according to the 2014 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy released Tuesday.

Former insurance company advisor's 30 victims included friends he had grown up with, according to prosecutors.

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A Wells Fargo advisor team that managed $200 million in assets has left to join Steward Partners, an independent firm founded a year ago by former wirehouse managers.

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Planners are often required to use encryption, which can be a powerful tool to protect private information. But advisors have to understand the basics and how to get their clients - and staff - on the same page.

Stressing the importance of realistic risk tolerance and the inevitability of encountering volatile markets is critical.

Caleb Brown and Michael Kitces, founders of New Planner Recruiting, have launched of a new website that focuses exclusively on job opportunities with independent financial planning firms.

New York regulator Benjamin Lawsky may use the cybersecurity rules he's proposed for virtual-currency companies as a model for traditional banks. That would subject the financial institutions his agency supervises to the most stringent data-security rules anywhere.

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Strike a balance between remaining friendly with clients' family members and effectively stopping persistent and inquisitive ones from sussing out details that should remain confidential.

A continuity plan should be simple and spell out how unexpected interruptions could affect the business and how to safeguard the firm, employees and clients.

Understanding regulatory and compliance responsibilities about cybercrime can go a long way in preparing planners to face the threats.

Fidelity expects giving to Ebola relief efforts to continue to rise; offers advisors tips for advising client charitable strategies.

Agency secures $4 billion in penalties; expert says: “make sure that you have a robust and dynamic compliance program.”

Around 80% of KMS' advisors, who are about equally divided between fee and commission-based business models, are based in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.