Practice management

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.

With brokerages, consolidation, lawsuits and more, independence ain't what it used to be. Advisors who want to break away must contend with ever-changing options and obstacles to define their own version of independence.

Simple, doable steps performed by in-house staff can begin a financial services firm's data security odyssey.

For more than half of U.S. households, retirement isn't a finish line. It's just a different phase of the marathon.

The Section 121 exclusion and the step-up in basis are well known to financial advisors and tax professionals, but their clients will need to plan carefully to net the biggest potential savings.

The likely more than $1 million award is the latest result from cases arguing that firms' pay policies run afoul of federal retirement law.

Brokerages have until June 26 to decide if they want to take part in a pilot program allowing them to continue inspecting their branch office remotely; plus, the rundown on residential supervisory locations