Practice management

There are ways to prompt a more accurate “risk answer.” Instead of framing losses as a percent, use dollar terms to drive the point home.

Family dynamics can muddy an otherwise clear situation.

It’s tremendously rewarding to help people make smart decisions about their wealth.

Here's how to create a corporate culture that advisers and clients want to be associated with.

OCIE plans to conduct 1,850 probes of RIAs, a 28% jump over its 2016 total, while sharply cutting those aimed at broker-dealers.

Contrary to received wisdom, a lifestyle practice can offer considerable advantages over an enterprise model, according to a new SEI study.

Firms need to deliver value differently in a changing industry, a Fidelity study found.

Despite record AUM per adviser, fees and revenues slump.

Distributors are no longer content with labeling their products with star investors.

The right strategies can make all the difference for advisers.

Investing in property is fraught with risk, but advisers can help clients navigate a complicated and challenging market. Here’s how a few planners have done it.

Many new products are great for the industry and not so great for our clients.

Demographics and competitive forces are destined to weaken the determination to avoid expensive recruiting packages.

“He became very unreasonable.” It soon backfired when adviser Michael Martin bowed to pressure from a client to take on his father-in-law.

Implementation of fiduciary rule could drive more IBDs to seek safe harbor with large partners.

The group says it wanted to offer clients greater transparency.

Regulators now use deeper dives into specific areas rather than broad probes, experts say.

The new recruits, who previously worked at Wells Fargo Advisors and Janney Montgomery Scott, also pointed to the firm's affiliation with Raymond James in making the move.

New research suggests we’re hardwired to crave substantial liquid reserves, but advisers can blunt it — if not outright quench it.

The wirehouse files for a restraining order in wake of move to Dynasty.