Financial planning

While equity market performance has helped, RIA firms are also demonstrating smarter company strategy, a recent Charles Schwab study finds.

The riskiest money-market mutual funds will have to let their share prices fluctuate and charge investors withdrawal fees during times of stress under tougher U.S. rules set for adoption this month.

Easy way to increase a nest egg; How divorced clients can boost retirement income; Why 'style drift' matters

Dalton Strategic Investment Services, a smaller broker-dealer firm with almost $1 billion in client assets, has joined Securities America as a super-OSJ.

Both parents and their adult children report they are more comfortable talking to a financial advisor than to one another about planning and wealth transfer issues. Use these 7 tips to boost your firm's offering.

When is it ok to borrow from your 401(k); Picking the best pension payout; Paying long-term care with HSA money

Roughly three in four advisors said they were likely to seek out additional support, content or tools related to Social Security in the next year.

Successful professional women often have specific concerns when it comes to their estates. Be sure you can help address them.

The deal with newly launched Global Retirement Partners is a "great opportunity to add scale," says LPL exec Bill Morrissey.

Positive actions like increases and initiations hit a 35-year high for the first half, but payouts are still below the historical average.

Considering alternatives to retiring; Managing an old 401(k); What to do when retirement accounts are maxed out

Immediate annuities surge, but lag other types; Never too late to plan; Different opinions on 4% rule

What's driving this new interest? Follow the money: U.S. retirement assets totaled $23 trillion in the first quarter of this year.

High-risk behaviors put investments at risk; Theme songs for retirement; Right (and wrong) questions for clients

Opponents argue that the long time horizon and heated controversy could convince the White House to back away from the retirement plan proposal.

Amid an outreach overhaul, the agency's Division of Investment Management says it wants asset managers to give advisors and investors a 'clear and concise' picture of their investment strategies.

The high-profile hiring of David Bach creates a revved-up marketing engine for Edelman Financial, which already has $13 billion in AUM. Can other firms use the same technique?

The Justice Department announced a criminal plea and settlement with BNP Paribas on Monday, in which the French bank will pay nearly $8.9 billion to settle charges it willfully continued to do business with countries and entities on the U.S. sanctions list. It was the largest sanctions fine in the Justice Department's history — more than four times larger than #2 on the list. The following are the largest penalties paid by banks for sanctions violations.

Treasury Department approves new annuity; Advisors keep clients' emotions in check; Important questions about Social Security

The recruiting firm awards exam fee reimbursements to three new planning graduates -- as long as they pass the test.