Financial planning

From improving communication with clients to placing a bigger emphasis on risk management, advisors from wirehouse and regional firms share how they’re navigating the rebounding market environment and how their practices have evolved as a result of hard lessons learned during the financial meltdown of 2008.

A $495 million competitive sale of Arkansas general obligation bonds will lead primary market activity this week in the municipal bond market as long-term volume increases after last week’s holiday lull.

Five years ago, we experienced the worst market meltdown in our lifetimes. Here we share lessons learned from bank advisors and tips on how they’ve changed their practice from better managing the debt portion of clients’ portfolios to tuning out the hysteria of the media.

Larry Roth, former president and chief executive officer of Advisor Group, one of the country’s largest networks of independent broker-dealers, is joining Realty Capital Securities, a major broker-dealer and wholesaler of real estate investment trusts, as chief executive officer.

No one likes being rejected by a prospective client, but it's hardly uncommon. Here are three things to keep in mind when it happens.

Rosemary Berkery, vice chairman of UBS Wealth Management Americas and head of its U.S. bank, shares what she's learned about U.S. retail banking and how it complements banks' wealth-management goals.

Amid growing industry debate over compensation disclosure, the FPA has changed the compensation disclosure options on its website.

In the second quarter, fixed annuities experienced highest quarterly sales since 2011, according to data from Morningstar and Beacon Research.

Blogging requires a commitment, but if approached the correct way, it should not be a burden. Here are a few tips that are currently helping solo advisor Dave Grant.

Sometimes it pays to build walls in the wealth management industry—as long as they keep competitors out and clients in.

A preview of the company’s new cloud-based CRM tool suggests a solid beginning.

If you have clients who are struggling with the regular investment goals you’ve designed for them, and just can’t seem to understand where the problem might lie, it could be time to ask this question.

After Sheryl Garrett said an ideal partner would be a group like NAPFA, Pinnacle Advisory Group’s Michael Kitces responede skeptically.

Rex Staples, the director of investigations for the beleaguered CFP Board of Standards, is stepping down.

Strategic marketing customized for female clients helped one longtime planner build her own practice up to $100 million in AUM.

Designed to allay your clients' worst fears about aging, these insurance products sometimes come with their own nightmares.

The IRS has issued final regulations for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as the individual mandate.

The goal of your website is to gather contact information so that you can reach out to prospects. You can do this using a three-step process.

In addition to allowing one advisor time to contemplate bigger picture ideas, a two-week vacation served as a refreshing reminder that the world doesn't stop when we turn off our phones.

LPL is shuttering NestWise, the once-hyped unit that was launched just last year to serve less affluent customers, and has laid off 40 NestWise employees.