Practice management

Carolyn Clancy, head of the BD segment, says its 200 client firms need more tools and capabilities in a new era of wealth management.

Securing optimal returns depends on many factors, including the right underlying asset class and close monitoring.

Joseph Mazzucco and at least two dozen other advisors affiliated with the No. 1 IBD in eight moves over a seven-week span.

Armed with some specific details, advisors can explain why the seductive option is both too good and too good to be true.

Anthony Guadagnino allegedly solicited at least 10 clients after his departure from the retail brokerage.

Beyond eye-popping prices and assets changing hands, record M&A is altering the structure of the industry.

Who guards the guardians? Regulators, yes, but as CFPs we must also police ourselves

Billy Ricketts is most likely the elder stateswoman of wealth management — but she and her grandson believed it was time for something new.

CFPs aren’t excused from acting as fiduciaries — even if they work at a firm that requires them to recommend proprietary funds.

For its annual NOVA awards, NICSA recognized asset managers and executives for operational excellence and product development.

Blucora’s Avantax Wealth Management combines two firms that took competing approaches to serving tax professionals branching into wealth management.

Without the marital deduction, a certain category of married clients will have challenges inheriting property outright.

Four erroneous beliefs cause many new planners to fail.

“I do not meet anyone in person and that's intentional,” says one financial advisor.

An incentive program allows employees to receive as much as $7,200 over three years.

Closed-end funds can allow all clients — not just HNW ones — to invest in alternatives

Someone with a long-term investing horizon is generally not helped by bailing out of a well-diversified, multi-asset portfolio. Here are some options for them, and some talking points for you.

The IBD’s corporate RIA didn’t require about 350 banks to provide clients the terms of its arrangement.

Working with caregivers, an advisor learned valuable lessons.

A buy-sell agreement should be a priority for almost any practice, no matter the age of the founder or owner.