Practice management

An alphabet soup of confusing terminology is hindering clients and advisors from identifying portfolio opportunities.

Agency also fines firm president Peter Mallouk for not reporting family accounts.

Avoiding this oversight can save clients from costly and painful legal battles after a loved one has passed away.

Aggregators, private equity firms and family offices are all investing in RIAs. Know the key differences between them.

Amid industry concerns, the largest RIA lender promises not to share data between the bank and its new wealth firm.

Don’t ignore that every generation is into ESG-type issues when they are young.

The customer relationship management platform will now pull all accessible client information into a single dashboard.

Trends show people are buying homes further away from expensive cities.

The firm’s decision to launch a series of no-fee mutual funds had a simple rationale

New features include health care planning tools and cash reserve buckets.

Advisors may need to shed the AUM model of the past, says the TD Ameritrade Insitutional president. Also: The biggest threat to RIAs and the outlook for job-hunting advisors.

Each of the team’s members had 15 years or more experience working at the wirehouse.

The longest bull run in American history makes this environment an opportune one to cash out equity positions.

Careful planning and frugality can lead to early retirement – but only if clients are truly committed to the goal.

Computer algorithms could increase portfolio returns by whole percentage points.

I underestimated Hurricane Matthew. I won’t do the same with this storm.

Owning a horse can be a longer and bigger financial commitment than other pets (or raising kids).

Wealth management will soon have to measure up to the needs of its customers, rather than requiring customers to suit the needs of the industry.

Lehman Brothers had collapsed. Panic, instability and a recession followed. Ten years later, the lessons from that era echo even more resoundingly.