Practice management

I don't want to be a distraction, I don't want to be irrelevant -- and I don't want to be wrong. Perhaps you shouldn't be making predictions either?

The IRS is reminding taxpayers who turned 70-1/2 during 2014 that they most likely need to start taking required minimum distributions from their IRAs and other retirement plans by April 1.

Clients who turned 70 1/2 last year need to take their first required minimum distribution by April 1 or face a tax of 50%; Plus, reducing fees is the best way to boost investment returns.

A FINRA arbitration panel also orders the expungement of the advisor's termination records.

Hemington Wealth Management's focus on high-earning professional women has helped the firm more than double its AUM in a year and a half. See what these clients really need from advisors.

See the returns, expense ratios and other data for the available domestic dividend growth ETFs -- including three new ETFs based on new indexes from Morningstar, Russell, and S&P Dow Jones.

More workers than ever are staying on the job well into their seventies, which will make the U.S. a "very different place" for the next 30 years; Plus, Why an empty nest can be hazardous to a client's retirement.

As fiduciary debate heats up, Garrett takes advantage of presidential spotlight to tell advisors to sign a fiduciary pledge.

The firm left John Stumpf's pay unchanged at $19.3 million after the firm generated a bigger profit than any other U.S. bank for a second straight year.

The wealth manager was ordered to pay back Wells Fargo, while he still faces seven client complaints coinciding with UBS' Puerto Rico bond troubles.

At the urging of management, advisors and bankers now hold joint annual review meetings with customers in a coordinated quest to secure more of their business.

Are you likely to change your job? Is your spouse unemployed? Do you expect non-taxable income when you retire? These reasons and more for why you might need an individual retirement account.

Here are some of the top questions advisors have when they consider outsourcing parts of their business operations to a third party.

Help make sure your clients aren't among those who say they wish they had saved more, or started at an earlier age. Plus, questions over the proposed revamp of Medicare payments to long-term-care hospitals.

An advisor's initial instinct when notified of a pending examination may be to worry or be nervous. We recommend that you take fear out of this process, though. Once you receive notification of a regulatory examination, stay calm and follow these seven steps.

Among the wealthiest clients, Fidelity and Vanguard retain their perennial leadership positions in firm perception, but there is room for others to advance their brand, according to a new study on investor sentiment toward insurance and retirement investment product providers.

Handing off responsibility can be scary and challenging. But it's the only way to empower staff and position your firm for growth. Use these tips to be more effective.

Do women investors really care about the gender of their advisor? Conventional wisdom says yes, but a new study offers a different perspective.

Increased longevity and the fact that those belonging to the Greatest Generation married at a young age are two reasons for the increase in dual-generation retirements; Plus, the reason why parents shouldn't be too generous with their children's college education funds.

Household wealth in the U.S. increased from October through December by the most in a year as stock prices advanced to an all-time high at the end of 2014.