Practice management

The worker, who tested positive on Monday, and colleagues in close contact with the person are in self-quarantine.

There are more than a hundred cases of COVID-19 in Westchester County, New York, and financial planners are handling more than market volatility.

Financial advisor Alex Chalekian started out his career with a mentor “who was not the nicest person.” Ever since, he has wanted to serve as a resource to fellow planners, he explains in an episode of Financial Planning’s Invest Podcast.

The high-profile industry personality is leaving Pinnacle Advisory Group after 17 years.

“Find ways to generate income,” says one financial planner.

Finding the right collaborator changed my life.

Where some see unacceptable risk, others are eyeing bargain airplane tickets.

The early U.S. epicenter of the virus hasn’t seen mass closures of practices, but financial advisors from the area shared tips to try to get ahead of the impact.

The regulator is giving firms more flexibility in supervising employees working remotely and in relocating personnel to temporary locations.

Even with staff working from home, the agency “remains able and committed to fully executing its mission," the SEC said.

The employee “is at home while their health is being closely monitored by their doctor and public health authorities,” a spokeswoman for the bank said.

There is quite a bit of data indicating planners timed the markets poorly during the financial crisis. Let's not make the same mistakes again.

Roughly two-thirds of the $1.2 billion contributions to the firm in 2019 came from appreciated assets.

A watchful planner might have saved a matriarch’s IRA from being allegedly pillaged by her son.

The custodian is introducing a subscription fee and zero-commission model for advisors.

“The only reason why I could see them doing that is shame,” one critic says of the move; the board calls it an important shift in the conversation about fiduciary care.

Wealth management firms have a “massive opportunity” to use new methods of reaching clients and the wider industry, FiComm Partners CEO Megan Carpenter says in an episode of Financial Planning’s In|Vest Podcast.

Almost 50% associate negative emotions with the practice. Here’s how planners can help.

All travel requests need special approval and existing international travel plans would need re-approval, according to a company memo.