Practice management

Frank Campanale, CEO of Lebenthal Wealth Advisors and a former executive at Smith Barney, spells out the key elements in firm's growth plans and recruiting strategy: brand, equity stakes and passion.

Worldwide, the number of people with $30 million or more to invest -- the kind of folks who would hire a family office -- rose 15.6% to 128,300 in 2013. See which firms manage the most assets.

Washington Wealth Management lured away an advisor managing $100 million in assets and who had been at the wirehouse for three decades.

Principles of behavioral finance can prevent destructive investment moves, advisors hear at Schwab Impact conference.

Advisor-focused legislation may be a long-shot, but Republican majorities in both chambers could result in more scrutiny for agencies mulling fiduciary rules.

Record crowd focuses on the future of financial advice.

Investors should weight the cost of paying debt with savings versus the gains from keeping the money in their retirement account; Plus, how to bolster low retirement savings, and when to consider high-yield funds.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement action against 13 dealer firms Monday represents a broad commission effort to correct behavior that was probably due to mistakes by individual traders dealing with an unusual bond issuance, attorneys and market participants said Tuesday.

Female small business owners were more likely than men to view their financial advisors as important in managing, growing and protecting their assets.

Its mass-affluent offering has attracted thousands of clients, 70% of which came from outside the bank.

RBC Wealth Management lured away a wirehouse advisor managing $116 million in assets from Wells Fargo Advisors.

As many of your clients have enjoyed gains in their 401(k) plans from a surging stock market, lower-income workers have lost ground; Plus, how to save on Medicare expenses

The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned 13 firms for improperly selling Puerto Rico bonds in denominations below a $100,000 minimum denomination set in a $3.5 billion offering earlier this year.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management grabbed a financial advisor from rival Barclays.

Lebenthal Wealth Advisors has recruited a former wirehouse branch manager and two independent advisors to fulfill its growth plans.

An independent advisor managing $165 million has joined Ameriprise's employee channel.

Alex Vicencio, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo, says that building a business one client at a time was the biggest challenge he faced as an advisor in his 20s.

Election Day is just around the corner, but control of the Senate may not be determined until early next year, raising questions about how quickly the Banking Committee could get up and running.

Workers can better diversify their tax requirements if they hold both Roth and pre-tax accounts; Plus the best way to analyze Social Security benefits.

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center is calling attention to the security risks and potential fixes to a common practice: consumers handing over online banking credentials to financial advice sites.