Practice management

A run-down of the stories in this issue, beginning with the cover story, which details how to offer wealth management with a personal touch.

Our legal analyst explores one state's new rules on employment agreements.

A few simple steps will help you meet the money management needs of each customer.

A run down of hirings and promotions, including advisor team Andrew Cappello and Christie Roberts moving to Merrill Lynch from Morgan Stanley.

European sovereign debt concerns and the U.S. debt-ceiling debacle spurred market volatility, pushing investors toward index-based equity funds.

The executive director of Consumer Federation of America discusses boosting financial literacy and the Dodd-Frank law.

The experience is aimed at strengthening client's ties to their advisor and trust in the firm

Advisors need to "feel the love" from their firms and their branch managers

Alabama Firm With $1 Billion in AUM Affiliates with LPL

They may seem overwhelming to plan, but marketing events can be very effective to thank existing clients or find new ones.

It takes plenty of schooling and savvy to coach executives.

John Bogle, the legendary champion of index funds, believes advisors add value - and it's not in trying to beat the market.

A proposal to deal with RIAs' regulatory advantage over independent broker-dealers.

Whether you are relatively new to the planning business or have been in the profession for decades, odds are you have lost potential clients as a result of mistakes made at a first meeting.

A strong leadership plan will not only help you identify the right successors, it is also the centerpiece of any successful transition.

Some people who seek the help of a planner have rigid ideas that clash with their advisor's approach.

It's not always easy to work with highly successful business owners, but the effort can be rewarding.

She said, he said. A pair of financial planning organizations are dueling over designations.

Your website is, first and foremost, about you and your services. That is why you ought to be the star of it. And the best way to do that is through high-quality video footage. Why? Because video persuades in a way that text copy can never do.

The horserace politics of the run-up to the November presidential election may be the order of the day, but just around the corner in Washington lurk what promise to be contentious debates over fiscal issues of major significance for financial advisors and their clients.