Practice management

One of the first new investments from parent company RCS Capital will become available to all nine – and eventually 11 – IBDs by May.

Clients can lengthen their long-term care insurance policy's elimination period, making the coverage more affordable; Plus, deciding whether a Roth or traditional IRA is right for your client.

The regional broker-dealer lands three new recruits for its employee channel, including one who managed more than $100 million AUM.

FINRA banned a rep for allegedly forging a customer's signature on bank withdrawal slips, a move that allowed the customer's sister to steal $3,900 from the customer's account. Two others were suspended for relatively minor infractions.

The asset management firm made the new hires during a recruiting push in the last quarter.

Focus partner firms managed $31 billion and advised on another $10 billion, according to their recent ADV filings -- considerably less than the $70 billion in "total client assets" the firm had previously publicized.

Two Merrill Lynch advisors left the wirehouse for independent firm Snowden Lane Partners.

There are 13 states that subject Social Security benefits to tax; Plus, why investors shouldn't hold an annuity in their Roth IRAs.

Congress should revamp Social Security to ensure that retirees will receive at least 75% of their benefits in case the trust fund is depleted, says a professor.

Investors have regained their faith in financial firms, but advisors still have work to do, a new study shows.

Client confusion over what Social Security agents can and can't do means missed opportunity and money left on the table. Savvy advisors can help.

When does it make sense to buy your list of clients? Attorney Alan Foxman explains.

Newly bereaved spouses can face a host of unfamiliar financial issues, and older women are at particular risk. Here are a few specific ways that advisors can help.

Bob Kerrey, a former U.S. Senator and governor of Nebraska, says that people who have Social Security as their only source of income need more help: Plus, cheap oil prices won't cause your 401(k) to crash.

Bank advisors produced an average of $32,888 in revenue in November of 2014, down 16% from the previous month, according to BISRA's most recent Monthly Bank Investment Services Monitor.

Many advisors miss the old culture at their firms. What exactly are they longing for?

A wealth manager with 30 years of experience left Citigroup Global Markets to join the year-old Lebenthal Wealth Advisors as a producing branch manager.

Two advisors left Barclays to join regional bank First Republic.

Norm Champ, the SEC’s director of investment management, will resign after five years at the agency, the SEC said.

New legislation is needed that would include provisions to curb number of fund beneficiaries and enable more of them to return to work; Plus, Calpers not cutting its private equity allocations, but is reducing the managers it works with.