Practice management

Advisors should be scrutinizing vendors to find partners who share similar organizational values.

The strategic buyer, one of the industry's largest, snags a $1B RIA for its first deal of the year.

Mapping out their cash flow and identifying existing and potential problem areas are good places to start.

There’s no obvious reason to row back from the bank's strategic commitment to focus on wealth management while keeping a leash on the investment bank

When do promotional materials rise to the level of an official “recommendation” and thereby require additional disclosures by brokers?

Jack Brod, the chair-elect of the board of directors, plans to heighten enforcement efforts to ensure CFPs are consistently acting as fiduciaries.

Whether measuring performance against the market or a client’s own goals, the industry needs accountability.

Terminating an advisor/client relationship isn’t solely at the discretion of the client.

Six of the top 10 advisor recruits — managing roughly $13.2 billion in client assets — have walked out of the wirehouse so far this year.

These mega brokers managed $18 billion in assets at their previous firms.

If history is a guide, your clients can stop freaking out about having enough money during their post-work life.

Children are immature with money, so one advisor factors that into his approach by doling out the wealth in phases.

Shannon Saccocia has learned a thing or two about how to prepare. The first female CIO of Boston Private also discusses how financial advisors can remain relevant amid the ongoing shift to passive investing.

Wirehouse policy changes are bearing fruit and leaving advisor career options in flux.

Over 40% of the fund’s portfolio is invested in the online retailer and global e-commerce behemoth Alibaba.

"Tools like Slack are great, but they cannot communicate your culture," said Patrick Tucker, founder of True Measure Advisors.

It's fast, virtually free and roughly 40 times more effective than social media. But most advisors are using it wrong.

Here’s what the two seemingly contradictory trends mean for advisors.

The owner of RIA aggregator Mercer Advisors has pledged to maintain the IBD network’s current structure under the deal.

Looking ahead to the day that many young investors will fire their parents’ advisors, how does an advisor scoop up those unattached clients?