Practice management

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said Tim Sloan's resignation as CEO was "long overdue" but that other executives and directors should be removed as well.

Advisory groups with over $500 million in client assets dominate the industry. Still, many choose to go it alone.

Tim Sloan couldn't hang on any longer. Here are insights about why he left now, what role policymakers played in the decision and will continue to have in the company's future, and who in the world would want to lead Wells Fargo.

The embattled executive says the nation’s fourth-largest bank “will benefit from a new CEO and fresh perspectives."

This interactive tool challenges conventional wisdom about planning for retirement and offers a smart and streamlined way to plan for your future.

The advisors joined a former colleague at Steward Partners, an independent firm affiliated with Raymond James.

About 63% of industry professionals say they’re interested in working for a new firm.

Investing in technology is an ongoing expense.

The question may not be if tech giants will become a force in wealth management — but what can possibly stop them?

Frequent communications with clients, candor and reassurance will increase a firm’s credibility and attract new business.

It’s crucial to know how much of a drawdown an investor can tolerate before panic sets in.

Ladenburg Thalmann’s largest IBD also says it recruited more than 300 advisors with $2 billion in AUM in 2018.

More than 130 survivors of a devastating California wildfire have received pro bono planning services that helped them begin to reassemble their lives.

The advisor trio joined the firm after its best recruiting year ever.

Instead of developing new tools, wealth management innovators will focus on making existing planning tech more efficient.

Misinterpreting the Fed’s announcements continuously trips up advisors. Here’s what I tell clients who want me to predict the future.

Harassment, belittling, defamation and crass comments plague advisors in the online public eye.

Should advisor retention go as planned, Blucora's agreement to purchase the firm would boost its IBD headcount to 4,500 reps.

Career-switchers may think becoming a financial planner is an easy transition, but done improperly can pose dangers to themselves and clients.

Commissions and cash-sweep revenue jumped by more than a combined $100 million in 2018 — even as the parent firm’s longtime chairman left the company.