Financial planning

Meet the most productive young advisors in America.

Concern about rate policy shifts is the factor most likely to drive changes to client retirement income portfolios in 2014, according to a new survey from GDC Research and Practical Perspectives.

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

The Family Office Exchange's newly published Guide to the Professional Family Office offers time-tested recommendations to help wealthy families maintain their fortunes.

Meet the most productive young advisors in America.

Vanguard researchers added up the benefit to clients of having smart financial advice. Here's how the numbers work out.

The number of consecutive weeks of outflows, as well as their overall amount, surpasses those of the last great exodus from muni bond funds that occurred back between late-2010 and early 2011.

The pair, who managed more than $146 million in client assets, joined Raymond James with a practice named Stonegate Financial.

FINRA has identified the suitability of the bonds of distressed municipalities for investors, as well as municipal advisor activity, as areas it will focus on in 2014.

Younger millennials carry half the debt of their older peers.

Treasury 10-year yields fell from the highest level in more than two years as investors speculated whether the U.S. economy will improve enough for the Federal Reserve to end bond purchases in 2014.

Most working-age people in the U.S. and worldwide who expect an inheritance think it will fund all or part of their retirement.

Optimize Capital Markets has created a portal to automate capitalization deals of $2 million to $20 million. But along the way, it has found investors are not willing to part with their money in a completely automated way.

After a blog post suggested tweaks to modern portfolio theory, advisors and other professionals voiced moderated support for the investing philosophy.

Clients are wary of working with young advisors. Here's how to win them over.

Fixed income funds dominate the space, but equity and futures funds may pick up speed soon.

One planner gained expertise handling her own family's needs - then offered that knowledge to other advisors.

Leon LaBrecque has built a successful business working with police officers, firefighters and the 'working affluent.'

A revised chart helps explain returns and highlights the greatest challenges for diversified investors.

Financial theorist William Bernstein raises the specter of 'deep' portfolio risk. Warning: This may get ugly.