Practice management

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.

Men and women who work in accounting say there’s a low prevalence of sexual harassment in the profession; the numbers suggest otherwise.

Human resources professionals are looking to fight bad behavior driven by upper management.

Monte Carlo simulations can only do so much.

Liz Miller, president of Summit Place Financial Advisors, takes on a common mistake made by wealthy relatives, the new Trump tax law and why one-on-one meetings still beat robo advice.

Advisors with 200 to 300 clients over-performed more so than peers with bigger sales territories, according to a new study by LPL and Kehrer Bielan.

The time has come for advisors to reexamine this key business relationship, Nina O’Neal says.

After five changes to my pricing model in five years, I finally had a strategy that I had shunned when I started.

Some are calling for the CFP Board to get tough on conflicts and compensation as it finishes revisions to its standards of conduct.

Two Securities Service Network advisors have purchased 15 firms over a decade, and they plan to buy several more this year.

“For progress, we need to make people just the right amount of uncomfortable," says Erika Karp of Cornerstone Capital Group.

It's a sign the firm is still selectively hiring despite leaving the Broker Protocol last year.

Unhappy with M&A offers, CJM chooses to stay independent.

"We've been waiting for the finicky sellers and now they're here," says Echelon Partners CEO Dan Seivert.

RIAs are repeatedly told to adopt new technology to stay competitive. Carson says his business is an example for the industry to follow.

Religious groups threaten to withdraw shareholder proposal on the bank’s decision.

After both firms exited the Broker Protocol, their attempts to browbeat advisors have largely failed, one recruiter argues.

Rival firms like Ameriprise could stand to gain as advisors adapt to new recruiting realities.

The move comes at a bad time for the firm, which amid scandals and mounting regulatory scrutiny has lost more than 300 advisors in a year.

Form U4s and U5s don’t always match up, but it’s still the advisor’s responsibility to be proactive, writes compliance expert Alan J. Foxman.