Practice management

The move comes more than three months after Morgan Stanley and UBS quit the agreement.

Sometimes the strategy can eliminate a domino effect of other expensive tax problems down the road, Ed Slott writes.

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Ross Gerber says he left the firm to avoid its strict oversight of his press interviews and social media.

The No. 13 IBD has added 183 advisors through its recruiting efforts in the past two years.

Clients invested in bond funds may soon be in for a rude awakening. Here’s how advisors can explain the risk.

The newly merged practice became the seventh largest at the No. 18 IBD.

The new location will initially have 200 employees, most of which will be in areas like technology and wealth management.

Exodus to RIAs continues, but Schwab cites red flags.

First Trust’s Jim Bowen reminded attendees at BISA's annual conference last week just how good American life can be, offering a can-do attitude that advisors need to adopt.

Financial planners are wary of text-only service options, arguing they would contribute further to the commoditization of advice.

Broker-dealers and financial advisors pay a steep penalty for failing to keep up with digital trends.

If you want to eventually sell your practice for a big pay day (and not everyone does), aim for annual growth of 15%.

The two advisors generated about $1.5 million in annual revenue, according to the No. 3 IBD.

A tech-savvy Generation X is poised to become a practice's most valuable clientele. But slick apps and interfaces aren't enough to attract this group of investors.

“They aren’t investing like they should and they have really tepid projections for future stock market returns,” advisor Austin Colby says.

Congress created a juicy new tax break, yet hundreds of thousands of clients still don’t know if they can claim it.

The deal is only the first step in a major growth plan, according to the acquiring firm’s founder.

An unprecedented, industrywide survey of sexual harassment in the professional workplace reveals industries with the highest prevalence of unwanted sexual behavior, the differences between large and small companies, and blind spots that may be preventing corrections. Fortunately, the data also lights a path forward.