Financial planning

One Morgan Stanley CFP uses her bankruptcy to build bridges to her clients and hone her practice.

The list includes 20 CFPs with bankruptcies dating back to March 2009; none are subject to disciplinary action.

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Average starting salaries for accounting and finance professionals in the United States are forecast to rise 3.5% next year, according to the staffing company Robert Half.

Personal Capital's business model is rooted in technology -- but with live advisors and higher fees, the firm wants to duck the "robo" label.

Advisor Jo Ellen Fisher, who allegedly stole nearly $1 million from a 95-year-old client, is barred from the industry and has been sued by her former employer.

Advisors should keep abreast of what their employees post on social media, but also recognize that notions of appropriate online commentary vary among generations.

Security experts recommend advisors use not only passwords, but a more stringent form of verification, known as “two-factor authentication,” for logging into every device and into every data collection system they control.

Here are five tips to help advisory firms comply with and go beyond SEC email requirements.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pacific Investment Management in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said he was surprised by the events surrounding the departure of the star bond manager last week.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider giving 401(k) participants more power to sue their plans over investments that impose excessive fees, accepting an appeal tied to a wave of suits against employers.

Charles Schwab removed Pimco from its target-date retirement funds after the departure of Bill Gross.

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As advisors look to mergers and acquisitions to fuel growth strategies and succession plans, firms need to look beyond the transaction itself and think strategically about how a combined firm will operate, experts said this week at the FSI's financial advisor summit.

Analysts expect investors exiting Pimco's Total Return Fund will move into alternative strategies.

Without a security plan in place, financial affairs can become a mess if a client dies or becomes incapacitated.

As tax planners and their clients look toward the end of the year, most of their planning centers around the Affordable Care Act and the fate of the “extenders.” Together, they generate multiple planning issues.

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Wealthfront can become the "leader in a new emerging market" if it focuses on millennials the way Charles Schwab zeroed in on Baby Boomers, says CEO Adam Nash.

President Obama has blasted the tactic as unpatriotic while the Treasury Department has announced steps aimed at limiting the tax benefits. But beyond the headlines and sound bites, how should advisors evaluate inversions when developing investment strategies for their clients?