Practice management

You set out to be an advisor, not an administrator, so you are not alone if you are struggling to get your team to deliver outstanding results. Here are three steps to build a better team.

Recognize that you can't do it all by yourself, says Morgan Stanley's Mihir Patel.

The independent advisor will retain branding rights and full autonomy.

The country’s sixth-largest IBD is shifting its management ranks in a change prompted by the fiduciary rule.

Will young RIAs lead the profession’s second uprising against the established status quo?

"At least 50% of our assets are three generations or more," explains Bob White of HighTower.

Casting a wider net for prospects is a classic case of mistaking motion for progress.

"I probably spent the first three years in the business not opening my mouth with clients and just learning from him," says J.R. Gondeck of HighTower.

You likely have helped plan your clients' retirement, now it is time to plan your retirement.

The nation’s largest independent broker-dealer has had a net loss of 121 advisors this year, mostly to three major OSJs.

Two factors drove Morgan Stanley's Nick Kavallieratos to the top of On Wall Street's 40 Under 40 list earlier this this year.

Class-action lawsuits inspired by the DoL regulation “may go away,” says a prominent ERISA attorney.

The season isn’t over yet ― check out these reading recommendations from the C-suite.

For any advisor caught in trying circumstances, it's natural to feel upset. But there's a constructive way to respond to challenges.

A judge issued a ruling after intensely scrutinizing advisors' emails and text messages to clients.

Becoming a top producer and a respected professional isn’t an endpoint, it's a process. And successful advisors, who are always thinking five years ahead, have a definite plan to get there.

Never sell your clients on your institution. You should be the face of the organization to them, says career consultant Rick Rummage. He talks to Editor Lee Conrad about that and other tips on how advisers should resign.

If clients are unhappy with any aspect of their life that financial planning will solve, make that the primary focus.

The IBD spent $77 million on technology upgrades in 2016.

The nation's biggest IBD believes macro trends are ideal to boost recruiting, says LPL managing director Bill Morrissey.