Financial planning

A business can't have value without having profits. Understand how to calculate existing profits - and then make a plan to increase them.

While headlines suggest that the Social Security system is running deficits, the truth is a bit more nuanced. For one thing, investment income is often ignored.

Often overlooked, advisors need to help their clients keep records of their digital assets.

The Insured Retirement Institute is planning the launch of an advisor council this spring.

'It's a landscape-changer for Lebenthal,' says one industry consultant. 'A team with a book like that can write their own ticket, and if they're successful at Lebenthal, they can attract other big teams.'

Envestnet has increased its value fivefold since going public. Buyers may take notice.

Often overlooked, advisors need to help their clients keep records of their digital assets.

Both advisors and clients benefit from discussing charitable giving earlier in the year. Here are 10 signs that your clients need help with charitable planning.

Wealthfront, an online financial advisory firm, is in talks to raise about $30 million in a round of financing led by Index Ventures, according to people familiar with the situation.

See how the sequence of returns affects portfolios differently by comparing three types of clients.

Here's a sampling of bank advisors who were recently promoted or moved to new organizations to assume roles of greater responsibility.

Like immigrants adjusting to a new culture, newly wealthy families adjust in different ways. Here's how financial advisors can help.

Firms in the self-serve channel that can "combine delivery mechanisms" will be a "smart bet" going forward," predicts Tiburon managing partner Chip Roame.

Like immigrants adjusting to a new culture, newly wealthy families adjust in different ways. Here's how financial advisors can help.

Almost two months after a court order, the CFP Board has failed to produce the required documents, Florida planners say.

This Social Security strategy can be beneficial for married clients, but has a unique opportunity for singles, too. Make sure you understand the rules.

Justin Reckers and Michelle Smith explain how and why to look into a wealthy client's assets during a divorce.

FINRA found that LPL didn’t have a reasonable system in place to determine whether purchases of alternatives would cause a customer’s account to be unsuitably concentrated.

'CARDS would be a massive and invasive regulatory undertaking with serious privacy implications ... and added technology costs and regulatory burdens,' according to a SIFMA statement.

Justin Reckers and Michelle Smith explain how and why to look into a wealthy client's assets during a divorce.