Practice management

The great value in simplicity is that the client can personally identify with the investment approach.

Some fund managers specializing in distressed debt smell an opportunity.

17 great reads planners recommend to their colleagues and clients.

Health savings accounts can add substantial value to client relationships, advisors are told at the Schwab Impact conference.

There will still be several different methods to have the fee waived.

At least 274 advisors with $11.5 billion in client assets have left the fold since the acquisition.

There are savvy ways to position a firm for a future sale, experts at Schwab Impact told advisors, beyond focusing on revenue or AUM.

While it was driven by the big firms’ desire to avoid litigation costs, there was a catalyst, without which I believe there would have been no pact.

The board will release new proposed revisions and seeks additional public comments.

The standard process for launching exchange traded funds is flawed, argues Allan Roth. He proposes a better way.

Like lagging retail giants, wealth management firms risk ruin by failing to recognize changing customer expectations or by squandering the opportunity to evolve their business model.

At least 270 advisors with $11.1 billion in client assets have left NPH firms since the acquisition.

If an acquisitive advisory firm doesn’t perform due diligence on the seller’s fee structure, headaches are guaranteed, Michael Kitces writes.

Even those who don’t work for Morgan Stanley could find themselves in a Catch-22.

After announcing it would exit the Broker Protocol, Morgan Stanley lost advisors managing approximately $7 billion in client assets.

Few Americans have coverage today even though most will need it after they turn 65, LIMRA says.

What — if anything — should an advisor do if a client is abusing illicit substances?

A TD Ameritrade study asked program directors to give snapshots of what students are experiencing — and what they need from the industry.

The NSA, Equifax and the SEC were all breached. Financial advisors of all sizes are fair game, too, says Wes Stillman.

Advisor Group BDs have poached at least four NPH practices after LPL acquired the network’s assets.