Practice management

At home or under a socially distanced beach umbrella, these diverse titles will help while away this singular season.

Chief information officer Frank LaQuinta reveals the firm’s $500 million acceleration strategy, plus how advisors are using technology during the coronavirus pandemic.

Startup Breakaway Bookkeeping & Advising is building a network of finance professionals to act as virtual CFOs for small-business clients.

Advisors who missed the “first-mover advantage” a decade ago could be in the catbird seat as all the rules change.

Opening up about your personal circumstances forms a bond that can only benefit your planning practice.

Almost half of employers are already opening up their offices again — but some challenges lie ahead.

Grappling with margin pressure, consolidation and fragmentation, the sector questions its identity.

Wealth management firms should define success by how well their operations perform under pressure, Kestra Financial COO Kris Chester says in an episode of Financial Planning’s podcast.

The basic yet revealing query shows why it’s not just about FINRA registration as a BD and 1099 contractor status for advisors.

For the first time, the ranks of the top 25 firms according to their annual business include single entries for IBD networks.

This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 35th annual study of the largest firms in the space.

Billion-dollar teams are voting with their feet. Here’s where they are going.

Some say conversations about race have no place in the workplace. We disagree.

A new book could help advisors better grasp the difficulty with the topic of money among underserved client groups.

After logging 27 years at the firm, the advisor is starting his “next 25-year chapter” as an independent.

LPL has reeled in about half of the reps changing their BDs so far this year, but the full RIA channel is also reaping big gains. Plus, other news in the indie space.

The firm employs just short of 70,000 people in 50 countries and had 80% of its worldwide staff at home during the height of the pandemic

"The stillness of the time produced by the pandemic quarantine has put age-old issues in the spotlight,” writes Visionary Leader Awards judge Dasarte Yarnway.

The judges sought innovations that would make a lasting impact on the business of financial advice. We found them.