Practice management

Persistence angle adds to active-passive debate; Best ways to snag a job in retirement; Are you as healthy as your 401(k)?

The 92-year-old brokerage is looking to head off a projected shortfall of financial advisors by sponsoring training classes at U.S. universities.

Use these rules to find your target audience, market your theme and deliver your remarks with confidence.

Average IRA contributions reach all-time high; Why you need a second-career matchmaker; Time to retire Social Security numbers?

The coming year expects to be hectic for banks' regulatory teams as a bottleneck of new rules come due, including everything from the proprietary trading ban to Basel III to a new mortgage disclosure framework.

Are advisors doing clients a disservice when they prepare to hand over the reins?

A former Merrill Lynch advisor has joined Abbot Downing, a unit of Wells Fargo that serves ultra-wealthy clients.

Why your awesome 401(k) is still not as good as cash; Ignore this savings plan at your peril; Will benefits continue to increase if you wait past 70?

After listening to advisors pitch their businesses, a panel of investors explained what works. Advisor and consultant Ron Carson shares the most important takeaways.

The CFP Board is seeking to position itself as a guidepost to advance varied efforts to even out the gender gap in a profession in which men hold a substantial majority of positions and dramatically out-earn their female colleagues.

Diebold, best known as an ATM manufacturer, is rebranding and diversifying itself and promoting its consulting services on a popular banking topic: how to redefine branches as sales and service hubs.

Student debt threatens safety net for elderly Americans; Accessing retirement income for small business owners; When stock and real estate bubbles collide

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said brokerage regulation needs a “major re-examination” to prevent funding shortfalls during a crisis and that brokers should have higher capital requirements.

When and how your clients elect Medicare coverage can have a big effect on their overall budget.

Both were booted from the brokerage industry for misappropriating customer funds.

Advisors need to take a more active role in engaging with college and university programs to help bring more students into the workforce, said industry officials at the CFP Board's recent academic conference.

The pitches are persuasive. Workers who leave jobs with the federal government transferred $10 billion last year out of the Thrift Savings Plan.

Customize your income-replacement rate; options for required IRA distributions; finding an identity beyond the workplace

Many U.S. households are not adequately prepared for retirement, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve that found 31% of non-retired respondents indicating they have no retirement savings or pension, including 19% of those ages 55 to 64.

Planners can help clients and build family loyalty by having difficult conversations about late-in-life options, says a speaker at LPL Focus.