Practice management

Distributors may be demanding more support in the areas of investor education, risk management and governance.

Technological advancements are helping to empower employees, and wealth management firms will need to shift their cultures to continue to attract the best workers.

The advisors retained from shuttering Broker Dealer Financial Services will add more than 80 advisors now able to tap into the buying firm’s offerings.

Some were unable to access the firm’s website while the S&P 500 experienced its worst decline in nine months.

FINRA has warned of phony calls and emails from impersonators.

The data firm launches a new risk analysis tool, the Global Risk Model, to compete with Riskalyze.

Commonwealth Financial Network is helping advisors convert to full RIA status and, in the opinion of advisors and executives, shedding its traditional label.

From working with children to spreading financial literacy, here’s how advisors are donating their time and money this holiday season.

Aiming to build a unified experience for its members nationwide, the move follows fiduciary fallout and dissolution of its New York chapter.

The regulator is living up to its promise to overhaul exams and engage more — and one potential rule in the works would be “monumental," according to the IBD.

New COO is pitching firm’s name, platform — and capital.

The announcement of the firm’s new name ends speculation that one of the best-known brands in the fast-growing RIA space might disappear.

To sway a federal judge, both sides have tried to bolster their arguments by pointing to Facebook, joint production agreements, news articles and more.

CEO Jamie Price and other executives met with some 1,000 prospective advisors after inking one of the largest M&A deals in the IBD space this year.

Workers looking to retire comfortably are more in need of professional guidance than they realize — and there are a lot of them.

Owners in transition should make a clean break to avoid confusion, says consultant David DeVoe and former Aspiriant CEO Tim Kochis.

Being a fiduciary isn’t enough anymore, says BlackRock’s Hollie Fagan. At the same time, firms are losing specialized talent to retirement. Here’s the best way for them to stay relevant and profitable.

It may seem counterintuitive, but advisors who offer robust philanthropic guidance see major boons to their bottom line.

A detailed proposal can turn prospects into clients, but only if advisors can gather the right data.

There are at least 200 fewer products available since 2015. Some advisors haven’t noticed. But should they?