Practice management

This tax season is particularly bitter for gays and lesbians who live in states that still don't recognize same-sex marriage.

A recent research paper found that community banks' assets, along with market share in most types of commercial lending, have fallen since the Dodd-Frank Act was passed. The report is giving advocates of smaller institutions more data to rally around.

"The bad guys are out there all the time looking for vulnerability," a cybersecurity and business continuity consultant told advisors at the T3 conference last week.

Clients who have the option of receiving a sizable lump-sum payment of their pension or life-long payments need to consider the advantages each has in certain situations.

During an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, the NBA Hall of Famer praised his advisor -- by name.

Obama signs executive order encouraging businesses to share more information about new and emerging threats as regulators warn the advisory industry that they're watching closely.

How do prospective clients view you online? One online branding expert offers advisors several action items during a T3 session.

At Halbert Hargrove, Russ Hill has brought the firm through one transition after another. Now he's creating his own exit strategy.

Advisor Billy Belcher joined the firm's independent broker-dealer.

The changes caused by the "robo invasion" are positive and overdue, but many advisors are still unprepared. Here's what you can do.

Top official says the industry regulator is combing through hundreds of comment letters on controversial broker data-reporting rules, vowing close consideration of privacy and security concerns.

While auto-enrollment features on a retirement plan are better than nothing, some experts still worry that workers are not saving enough for retirement.

Planners share their best tips for kick-starting the conversation with prospective clients.

Advisors should reinforce habits that ensure ethical behavior to the point that they become second nature.

President Obama has proposed payroll taxes be reshuffled so the portion that pays for the disability fund would be increased by nine-tenths of a percentage point, but Republican lawmakers want changes to address Social Security's overall financial health.

Advisors generating $5.8 million in annual revenue left Morgan Stanley for Merrill. The team is led by the No. 7 advisor on On Wall Street's Top 40 Under 40 ranking.

The SEC barred an RIA from the industry after the firm was charged with misleading investors -- including falsely claiming that its fund was "SEC approved."

Your success as an advisor hinges on the relationships you build with clients. But before you can start, you must first appear to be someone with whom that is possible.

To justify their higher cost, advisors need to go beyond a commoditized service. If you're merely providing asset allocation or portfolio rebalancing, you're in the danger zone.

Investors in their 20s and 30s are advised to reduce their stock allocations since they are likely to change jobs and subsequently cash out a part of their accounts.