Practice management

Nearly all of your efforts should revolve around your website, showing who you are and why your firm is different, says marketing expert Dan Sondhelm.

The Internal Revenue Service is postponing the date for filing gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax returns and making payments until July 15 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Can a home equity line of credit offer clients a bridge loan for troubled times? Says one, “I’m going to call those people and rehire them.”

The passage extends the IRA contribution deadline and waives RMDs for 2020. Here’s what else financial advisors need to know.

Too many advisors push clients “to do things, rather than listening and empathizing and inspiring them,” says the founder of the Kinder Institute for Life Planning.

Turning loss into profit in down markets can seem like magic to some clients.

For wealth management to achieve sustainable organic growth, the industry needs to boost the number of households served by financial advisors and firms, consultant Gavin Spitzner says in an episode of Financial Planning’s Invest Podcast.

The perennial contender won the top spot in J.D. Power’s annual survey as the coronavirus makes brand and advisor trust even more important to the industry.

Emulating traditional advisors, digital advisors are moving in the direction of planning offerings and advisor-client contact (albeit virtual).

The Secure Act eliminated a popular retirement planning feature. Here are strategies to help clients mitigate the tax hit.

The firm, which already closed 260 branches, now has 100% of its staff operating virtually.

The policy change may prompt more defendants to reach settlements, an attorney says.

Seeing the size and variation in average returns among a variety of asset classes offers perspective for those who are anxious.

Whether you’re in search of a roadmap, strategies — or peace of mind for your clients — these recommendations fit the bill.

One wealth manager expects his income to drop by at least $30,000 this year, according to a new Arizent survey. Technology usage is also soaring and some companies’ lack of preparedness is revealed.

The amount of financial advisors changing firms doesn’t capture the breadth of the challenge broker-dealers face to retain them, recruiter Jodie Papike says in an episode of Financial Planning’s podcast.

Job listings for roles that don’t need to be filled immediately will be pulled.

Stipulated agreements by BDs and advisors looking to fast-track the arbitration process are becoming increasingly common.

We've had many chances to learn, from the dot-com bust to the 2008 financial crisis. But the storm is perhaps most applicable to our current situation.

Bear markets come with checklists of savvy moves to make for investment portfolios.