Practice management

Amid coronavirus-imposed lockdowns, the firm will retool and retrain approximately 3,000 young advisors.

“Astute RIA leaders recognize that now is an opportunity for growth,” says one advisor.

If planners can navigate data security and compliance concerns, the app can connect them with a huge new audience.

The majority of advisors don’t understand how much of a positive difference they can make for their clients, says advisor Deborah Fox.

Procyon Partners, which caters to UHNW clients and retirement plans, had a rocky separation from the same former firm.

Perceptions on relationships, health, and lifestyle have also changed.

The latest roundup of 32 IBD affiliation moves, M&A deals and expert studies reveals the mixed impact of the coronavirus.

“It’s going to flip everything on its head,” says one XY Planning Network advisor.

Venturing into the new social media platform, planners are encountering a deluge of misinformation, day trading and get-rich-quick schemes.

Unexpected tailwinds from the global pandemic have made recruitment more efficient and have highlighted advisor-client bonds.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created opportunity zones as an economic development tool to stimulate investments in distressed communities.

Today's near-3% rate is pretty extraordinary. If you don’t have a professional loan advisor in your network, now is the time to get one, writes our columnist.

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected the service’s annual list of top tax scams.

A lawsuit will turn on whether UBS can demonstrate that Alexandra Van Meurs violated contract agreements when she and her team jumped to Morgan Stanley.

The list shows how firms of all sizes face a pivotal balancing act in seeking to recruit and retain advisors.

“They’re now realizing: Let’s actually get the contingency plan in place,” said Dominic Volek, head of sales at Henley & Partners, the world’s biggest citizenship and residency advisory firm.

The widespread popularity of the compensation descriptor, long ballyhooed by RIAs, ultimately proved problematic for the CFP Board which has updated its standards.

Northwestern Mutual’s practices raise difficult questions about the nature of retail advice just as wealth management faces greater scrutiny under new rules.

After 30 years in the wirehouse world, we found an unlooked-for opportunity for our practice amid devastation.