Practice management

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.

The firm is trying to show advisors how they can use LPL’s resources to “get more at-bats” with prospective clients, an executive said.

The firm continues a recruiting streak that has netted teams managing over $10.5 billion in assets this year alone.

Dan Arnold says behavioral management, automation and portfolio and planning services need to be combined to win future clients.

"Make the process as collaborative as possible," one expert says.

After Sept. 11, 2001, one planner resolved to use his skills as a CFP to assist affected families pro bono and he rallied others to his cause.

There is a way to help reshape deeply ingrained destructive habits.

Michael LaMena's exit continues the management shake-up at the Chicago-based RIA.

The microinvesting site, which now has over 2 million accounts, allied itself with Clarity Money.