Practice management

Many government retirement benefits are taken for granted by advisers, but still confuse clients. Here's what needs special attention.

This can help show what is working well and what needs to be enhanced or revamped.

There could be a savvy person who could take over the practice among your wealthy clients.

Create an everlasting cultural legacy for employees to make a seamless transfer.

"It's always nice when one poker player folds and it's down to two or three players," one recruiter says.

As university planning programs churn out the next generation, RIAs may want to drop by campus.

Executives at the embattled bank made clear Thursday that they are not discarding its long-standing strategy of selling additional products to existing customers.

Wean them away from the notion that they have just one adviser at the firm.

Having gone through the lengthy and draining process, Exencial Wealth Advisors’ Michelle Scarver shares her No. 1 piece of advice for fellow planners.

The same standards apply as would to an outsider – being qualified and having the trust of clients.

Regulatory direction on mobile communication shows why advisers need to be careful about hyperlinking information.

Switching firms can be a herculean task, but independent firm Steward Partners furnishes ex-wirehouse advisors with teams of specialists to ease the process.

Here are tips for weighing the pros and cons of each option.

Confusing messages coming from Washington have some clients anxious. Here’s what to do when major change is in the air.

The $420 million team marks the latest wirehouse exit over a lack of flexibility around the rule.

They started early and hired successor candidates based on their values, not just their skills.

It’s better to have these conversations long before your clients need to use a policy.

Sales of smaller firms dominated transactions and banks re-emerged as buyers during the first quarter.

Regulators have revealed what kind of issues advisors must address if faced with a review.

Raymond James, RBC and Ameriprise were among the industry players to lure away talent from Merrill Lynch.