Practice management

The wealth management industry has long been characterized by a lack of diversity. After the success of Raymond James' Women Advisors Network, though, a group of advisors and branch managers at the firm has launched a Black Financial Advisors Network.

Better technology, cultural differences and bigger deals have enabled regional firms to recruit more competitively and keep up the momentum.

Gen Xers can save in their 401(k) plans for a longer period of time compared with baby boomers, and can expect higher tax-deferred investment growth; Plus, the best and worst states for retirement.

CEOs, when questioned in recent earnings calls, offered first impressions of the impacts the proposal may have on the industry.

With college costs soaring, clients may want to help pay for a family member's education. Watch for these trouble spots.

Recruits from Edward Jones, Morgan Stanley and Barclays leave for the wirehouse.

The association of state securities regulators has proposed a rule that would compel advisors to maintain formal business-continuity and succession plans.

Advisors who are helping clients prepare themselves financially for retirement are only doing part of the job needed.

The wirehouse picked up the Blaustein Clancy Financial Group in New York.

Both wealth managers, who left UBS, also had a combined $289 million in client assets before making the move, RBC said.

Target date funds charge higher fees and don't perform well during a financial crisis; Plus, three great freebies for retirees.

American workers and retirees are expressing higher confidence about their ability to afford retirement this year, even though there is little sign they are taking the necessary steps to achieve that goal, according to a new survey.

One of the advisors managed about $200 million in client assets while working for the wirehouse. The other joins a $500 million team at Janney, the firm said.

About a quarter of fee-only advisory firms we surveyed in February said they had changed their fee structure in the past year (as did 20% of all independent firms). So what did they do? We combed through respondents' individual comments to identify several of the changes firms have made.

About a quarter of fee-only advisory firms we surveyed in February said they had changed their fee structure in the past year (as did 20% of all independent firms). So what did they do? We combed through respondents' individual comments to identify several of the changes firms have made.

"We're betting on financial advisors and personalized financial advice delivered by people," says RJFS President Scott Curtis.

Psychological experiments at the University of Georgia offer a pair of clear takeaways for advisors facing prospects.

Changes in both demographics and tax laws require a massive rethinking of estate planning strategies. Here are a few of the minefields that planners should avoid.

Three advisors left the wirehouse to join the independent brokerage network at Wells Fargo.

Striking a balance between the emerging and traditional realms of investing is where Motif Investing sees its niche, says its co-founder and CEO Hardeep Walia.