Financial planning

Recent mutual fund flows suggest more advisors are going across the pond when constructing their client portfolios.

Investors should beware when the Tax Code says one thing about real estate in an IRA, but the IRA custodian says another.

'This is a boom time for these markets,' says Adrian Flambard, deVere's area manager in San Francisco.

FINRA has issued a long-awaited regulatory notice outlining the proposal for a controversial data-sharing system known as CARDS, asking for comments from the industry and other stakeholders.

Morningstar Inc. cut the rating of Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, to bronze from gold after co-founder Bill Gross’s exit.

The imaginary retirement-income crisis; what happens when your retirement is ambushed; retirement couples' dilemma: the $100,000 difference

Most banks and credit unions outsource their investment services programs to third-party broker dealers, also known as third-party marketers or TPMs. Here's how the largest TPMs stack up by the number of advisors they employ and/or manage.

The rush to shift money to Roth IRAs may be built on bad assumptions. Keep your clients from making a mistake.

Determining the “right” allocation to international equities for clients' portfolios isn’t easy and depends on who you ask.

At an advisor summit, the industry group urges members to reach out individually to lawmakers to fight regulatory plans.

Advisors have trusted the "Bond King" for years, but with Bill Gross's abrupt departure from PIMCO, the firm he founded 43 years ago, the playing field has changed. Here's what you need to know before the dust settles.

Raymond James' annual Women's Symposium, to be held Oct. 8, is due to feature leading women in the financial services industry, including Sallie Krawcheck.

FSI sees the new insurance coverage as an added benefit the group hopes will help it increase membership and amplify its advocacy efforts.

Bill Gross and the risks of 'star power' fund managers; retirement plans for small businesses; the Roth-IRA math for 50-somethings

Rather than fighting off digital competition, RIAs should bet on Betterment's "robo advisor" technology, says industry veteran Steve Lockshin.

Fidelity is urging firms to "tone down" sales aspects of planning jobs when trying to recruit new Gen Y advisors, raising the hackles of at least one fiduciary expert.

New York is the capital of the art world, but brave investors may want to look farther afield for opportunities. Be very careful, advisors say.

Advisors should think carefully about finding the right macroeconomic numbers and statistics to share with clients.

When news accounts make clients jittery, advisors must help them strike a balance between bad news and the long view.

The industry is losing about 3,000 to 4,000 advisors annually who aren’t being replaced, says Pershing CEO Mark Tibergien.