Practice management

Each advisor needs a compelling tale to attract new business. Here's how to craft a strong message focused on the ways you best help your clients.

Retirement savers may consider rolling over their 401(k) assets to an IRA if they want to consolidate their retirement accounts and have an easier time managing their savings; Plus, the hidden threat to retirement.

Financial advisors and academics are helping retirees ensure their spending plans are on track by offering drawdown strategies that can adjust to age, account balance and other factors; Plus, five benefits of a capital gains retirement strategy.

President Barack Obama throws his support behind the Department of Labor's fiduciary proposal; advisors take to Twitter to voice their reply.

SIFMA's Karl Schimmeck discusses where the threats are coming from and what is being done to mitigate the risk.

A French prosecutor recommended charges for complicity in tax fraud and aggravated money laundering tied to a trust overseen by the firm's office on the island country.

In a rare independent-to-employee move, four independent advisors joined the employee channel of Raymond James.

Now that the Labor Department has pressed forward with a controversial proposal for advisors in the retirement space, where do the rules go from here?

While many of the fundamentals of bank programs haven't changed much, the products, technology and sophistication of advisors and clients alike have increased exponentially.

The megabank's commitment to its branches stands out in an industry where customers are shifting more of their banking activity to mobile devices and PCs, and where banks take an increasingly ruthless look at branch performance numbers.

Advisors should advise clients to avoid buying a one-size-fits-all product and to check offerings by as many carriers as possible before making a decision; Plus, how to counsel pre-retirees who want to give financial assistance to their adult children.

Steven J. Dunkelberg was barred for allegedly swiping nearly $5,000 from a bank customer's account. He's the third rep to be ousted from the industry this year.

John Stanton Verble is suing Morgan after he says he was fired for helping federal authorities investigate one of the firm's clients.

The two new hires managed about $210 million in client assets while at Morgan Stanley.

Investment advisors should act in their customers' best interests, President Obama says. Here's how they don't, and how it can hurt investors.

The regulator meted out $135 million in fewer, but bigger, fines last year, the most it's assessed against firms and their registered reps since the financial crisis.

Pension plans grew 89% over the last 10 years, while GDP increased just 42%; Plus, provision in budget proposal that would prevent high-income workers from contributing to their 401(k) plans.

From confusing benchmarks to fictional 'income,' some advisors are deceiving clients about their financial health.

Three former Ameriprise advisors will sign on with the employee advisory channel at Raymond James.

The president insists that fiduciary requirements must apply to brokers working in the retirement space to protect investors from conflicted advice.