Practice and client management

The terminations come amid a renewed push by firms to haul employees back into the office.

Sources familiar with the case say Nicholas Takahashi's name surfaced on a Wells Fargo website long after he had left to work for a competitor.

Fidelity and Envestnet said they are relaunching a more integrated Fidelity Managed Account Xchange platform to give clients a more streamlined experience.

Data crunched by SmartAsset suggests some areas enjoyed the largest increases in median annual compensation. The No. 1 metro area saw a 101% hike in pay.

Working in teams can boost productivity, make succession easier and allow advisors to move upmarket, new research suggests.

The latest tech can boost productivity, but growth-fueling referrals depend on human interactions that make clients feel safe, smart and valued.

Jeffrey Levine and The American College of Financial Services hope to help more financial advisors branch into the related but historically separate field.

Here's a smart way to add long-lasting value to your client relationships.

New CEO Ted Pick sees little need to change the "wealth management machine" his predecessor helped bring to "escape velocity."

Tax deductions for meals come with a 50% limit in most cases. Here's a mini guide to noshing breaks for financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients.

The American Securities Association accuses the industry regulator of violating federal sunshine law for rebuffing its requests for insight into more than $3 billion in recent settlements with Wall Street giants.

An industry lawyer says the firm's liability in a complex insurance-related scam will hinge on what it "should have known" or "must have known."

CFAs' knowledge of investments is on another level — which is why the designation is so hard to get. Here's why it can be worth it.

High-earning participants in the expanding universe of retirement plans offer a wellspring of potential clients for firms and advisors.

Concurrent Financial Planning brings academic gravitas to its growth plans under the firm's founder Preston Cherry and his wife, Managing Partner Eiman Osseilan.

The St. Louis-based brokerage is also encouraging representatives to become Certified Financial Planners as it experiments with fee-based fiduciary business models.

LPL Financial topped the list, but the next five firms in these rankings of the 10 that picked up the most brokers from rivals are wirehouses and employee brokerages.

Wealthtech platform Envestnet has agreed to offer its in-house unified managed account tools to BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton and State Street to boost more customized direct indexing for advisors.

As technology advances, so does the cost and time it takes to deploy new tools. Some firms are choosing to build in-house, while others are partnering with vendors and more specialized tech providers.

The meaning of independence takes on many different forms for these 10 financial advisors, wealth management executives, entrepreneurs and other experts.