Practice management

Whether it’s picking a securities attorney or finding a partner that can provide the service and support you need to transition, due diligence is key.

Results published Monday show that 46% of White people are working with professionals to plan their finances, while 38% of African Americans, 36% of Asian respondents and 44% of Hispanic people are doing the same.

The XY Planning Network of fee-only advisors and investment advisor Michael Kitces say consumers are being deceived when brokers use labels like “wealth manager” and “financial advisor.”

New products constructed on more stringent ESG criteria than the so-called greenwashers often can’t be accessed through large wealth managers.

The slow pace of IT innovation leaves little room for advisors to Apple-ize client-facing functions — and they’re losing business because of it.

Kuttin Wealth Management is four years into an ambitious strategy to build offices nationwide using the model of its founder’s practice.

MML Investors Services allegedly breached its fiduciary duty in the same way that the regulator has alleged that more than 100 other firms have in recent years.

Hopes that the pandemic has been curbed have dimmed as infections and hospitalizations are on the rise again due to the introduction of the extremely dangerous Delta strain. For some companies, this has disrupted their plans to bring remote employees back to their offices or institute a "hybrid" arrangement.

Financial advisor Andre Jean-Pierre dropped his broker-dealer with big plans for his burgeoning group of followers on Twitter and Clubhouse.

Penn Mutual-owned Hornor, Townsend & Kent has completed an executive shakeup after its advisor headcount fell by 10% last year.

A 3-step process can get the planner in touch with their professional and personal origin stories before mastering social media technology.

SmartAsset looked at nearly 11,000 financial advisory firms that are registered with the SEC and headquartered in the U.S.

Even as in-person events are becoming less likely, there are still ways to engage with your stakeholders.

Technology is key to how advisors work today, and it has to be understood by clients to get max value.

Join Financial Planning's Editor-in-Chief, Chana Schoenberger, Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger, industry luminary Mark Tibergien and financial advisor Dasarte Yarnway as they discuss the profound changes the financial advisory sector is undergoing.

For regulatory purposes, anyone can call themselves an advisor or planner. Professionals in the industry want to change that to enhance the client experience.

Concurrent is having its best recruiting year ever, and the firm’s new managing director of business development aims to boost its expansion even more.

The longtime director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America could signal an overhaul of Reg BI under the Biden administration.

Despite smaller growth amid the coronavirus last year, FP’s 36th annual survey revealed the significant level of business raked in by 46 wealth managers.

The delicate balance between the No. 1 IBD and its ‘critical clients’ is evolving as the industry changes.