Practice management

Bank of the West expands its wealth management universe with a new center for high-net-worth clients in the heart of Silicon Valley.

SEC says it will no longer let companies "neither admit nor deny" charges in settling cases it brings against them. Sort of.

The voice is one of the most powerful – and unsung – tools advisors have to get their message across to clients.

Fidessa Group said it added foreign exchange trading to its buy-side workstation. The execution platform will provide advanced trading features for more than 1,300 currency pairs, the supplier of high-performance trading technology said.

Most industry professionals who know their mobile apps say every firm should have one, especially those that claim to be serious about being accessible to their clients.

He didn't want to lose and didn't want to do what was necessary to win.

Planners need to ensure that clients with self-directed IRAs are protected against a variety of scams.

David Strege's firm uses its unusual structure to help clients get more for less.

A new book, 'Practice Made (More) Perfect,' argues that workflow for advisor practices is more science than art.

The Internal Revenue Service has increased its audits of taxpayers at upper-income levels.

Steve Sanduski, the Prosperous Advisor, says it’s important for financial advisors who want to succeed to understand the “why” behind each of their goals. They also must ask themselves if they’re setting these goals for the right reasons and whether they’re in the best interests of their clients.

The reduction in pension and health care benefits for public sector employees in Florida has led to a rush by people nearing retirement age to opt out early.

With rising life expectancies and reports of lackluster retirement savings, the risk is a growing concern for many Americans.

Active and automatic ways to keep your new prospect pipeline flowing all the time.

The SEC has charged an Illinois-based investment advisor with using LinkedIn and other social media channels to attempt to sell $500 million in fictitious securities.

Advisors seeking better client communication tools are likely to have their wish come true because wealth management firms are expecting to increase their IT budgets by 5% to 10% this year.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services, a division of New York Life Investments, has launched a new client-satisfaction benchmarking tool for retirement plan advisors.

With Ladenburg Thalmann the latest firm to offer subsidized Financial Services Institute memberships to its advisors, FSI’s membership ranks have grown to more than 33,000 advisors.

U.S. Pensions’ funded status dropped 12.7 percentage points over the full year 2011 to 72.4%, thanks to a sharp increase in liabilities that outpaced any rise in plan assets, according to BNY Mellon.

Our legal expert discusses when you must report a claim against you even if you didn't do anything wrong.