Practice management

Who will take over the practice when you retire?

Former-NFL football player-turned Merrill Lynch advisor Reggie Wilkes is helping players and their families manage wealth: "I felt there was a need for someone to support their efforts to overcome the cycle of financial failure."

As people live longer lives, clients are ever more worried about outliving their assets. Advisors are helping them stay calm about maintaining their lifestyles in retirement.

As longevity increases, advisors must find smart new ways to prepare clients for the cost of an extended retirement.

Firms that divide clients into groups to allow varying service say it helps the practice and improves the overall experience.

From client interfaces to integration and digital signature, here's what's on tap at the four major RIA custodial firms.

If you're not focusing your time and attention on the people who add the most value to your firm, you're getting it wrong.

Advisors can find themselves in a catch-22 when their clients begin showing signs of dementia.

These are the types of articles that your clients are reading about retirement planning. You should too.

A former Stifel advisor joins Janney Montgomery Scott's private client group.

Boutique, high-net-worth bank U.S. Trust hires four advisors and four other professionals in a sweeping recruitment move this summer.

A large cybertheft against JPMorgan Chase and other big New York banks is said to have started with a break-in on an employee's computer at home. It serves as a reminder that big problems can start in small places and that banks need to take more steps to minimize the damage from hacker attacks.

Private equity is coming to a 401(k) near you; How different types of retirement income are taxed; Navigating the complex world of 401(k) fees

We are reaching out to the top producers from our past BIC Top 50 lists to solicit their advice on how they achieved their success. Here are two of their responses.

Scarlett (Yuanyuan) Che, Rianka Dorsainvil and Phuong Luong will be honored for "working to encourage diversity in the financial planning profession and the population served."

After an advisor was terminated by his firm, the tussle over the departure contract had just begun.

Pamela Grace Musiimire was barred for allegedly attempting to bamboozle two customers.

A Wells Fargo advisor managing $115 million in assets has left the wirehouse for Raymond James & Associates.

Dueling data muddies Social Security Debate; Split up Social Security when couple splits up?; Beyond Medicare's ratings, picking a nursing home

PageOne Financial denies SEC charges that the RIA aimed to fund its own sale with commissions from advisor clients.