Portfolio management

The firm expects the rebranding will provide more leeway to bet against stocks and bonds, which may help it navigate volatile markets.

The top advisor this year, James Hare from Pinnacle Bank and Raymond James, views himself as the Warren Buffett of Nashville.

AdvisoryWorld will operate as an independent subsidiary under the No. 1 IBD while adding new offerings for its 30,000 advisor and institutional clients.

Once deeply wary of digital tools, planners may be turning a corner.

In the past, if someone didn’t understand you, they’d think you were smart. Now, they’re likely to just find someone else.

About 30% of fund manager appointments in the firm’s equity unit have gone to women in 2018, the most in five years.

In today’s world, you can count on clients and prospects to question your motives, challenge your facts and respond emotionally, not rationally.

The SEC may have had good intentions, but the guidelines have distorted markets and reinforced the allure of companies that forego the IPO.

Distributors may be demanding more support in the areas of investor education, risk management and governance.

Each has its own requirements pertaining to tax withholding, clawback rules and filing deadlines.

Workers looking to retire comfortably are more in need of professional guidance than they realize — and there are a lot of them.

Clients are willing to pay more for tax advice, but they’re still not getting it.

Clients surprised me when I asked for their opinions about the planning tool. Plus, how to find out if you're an "innovator" or a "laggard."

Small company stocks stumbled in the very recent past but have outperformed over the long term.

Those with outflows cost clients more than twice as much.

The wealth in retirement accounts could shrink by that much due to annual defaults on 401(k) loans. The projected loss is about 2.7% of the $7.8 trillion in retirement accounts.

What are the best strategies for clients looking to tap assets while minimizing penalties?

Instead of the client’s grown children getting a preset amount at, say, age 25, the decision is strictly at the trustee's discretion.

The "Rule of 100" follows the rule-of-thumb of growing more conservative as investors grow older, but it also may be obsolete since it was developed when interest rates were higher.

The mutual fund giant's head of wealth management technology says there's a way to improve how financial planning tools work together.