Financial planning

UBS added a Merrill Lynch team with $2.6 million in production, another Merrill team joined HighTower and RBC recruited two advisor teams with more than $600 million in Texas. But they're not the only ones making big grabs. Here are the most recent moves in the employee channel.

Here's a new look at our top bank advisors based on their ratios of trailing-12 production per assets-under-management.

The husband-and-wife team is the eighth team to join HighTower’s New York headquarters.

An advisor team with nearly half a billion dollars under management has left AXA frustrations with how the firm structures its compensation plan.

Schwan Financial Group's Prepared Heirs program helps advisors connect with second-generation clients.

A digital presence is now mere table stakes. What you really need is a way to upgrade your social media strategy. Start with these tips.

With the advisor population aging and looking to retire, more wealth management firms are stepping up their efforts to recruit and train a new generation of advisors.

The agency plans a deeper focus on the role and duties of financial advisors this year, says chairwoman Mary Jo White.

The company reports asset and revenue growth but "regrettable" advisor attrition.

Moving ahead on priorities announced in January, the SEC says it will conduct examinations of a "significant percentage" of advisors that have not been examined since registering with the SEC.

Cambridge's Amy Webber says promotion is next step in complex internal succession plan.

Without viable succession plans, wealth managers are at risk of slowly drifting off into oblivion -- willing partners in their own firms' demise. It's negligent behavior, and anything but benign.

Firm's partners say they wanted 'control of our destiny -- we wanted to own our own equity.'

ETFs and mutual funds are well-positioned for rising interest rates because they have most of their fixed income holdings in short-term government bonds, according to Morningstar Inc.

Make no mistake: Bringing on new talent is a high-risk endeavor. Be sure you get it right.

Social Security is a numbers game, with age being the key to many of the decisions. Here's a convenient reference list of the pertinent ages and what they mean for your clients.

This year's accolades fall to 100 Honorees that have been nominated by their firms and then selected from this broader field by our editors.

While traditional active management is likely to continue to be "the core" of asset management, passive and alternative strategies are on track for faster growth, according to PwC's new report.

To find qualified prospects, get out and speak at local organizations. Here's how to get started.

A well-planned event can help you reach high-level prospects—here's how to turn them into clients.