Practice management

In response to online rivals, Mark Cortazzo created a passively managed portfolio service and offered it on the Web.

Focus Financial Partners named Dan Sontag, a former president of Merrill Lynch's global wealth management unit, to its board of directors.

A new study finds substantial savings and comfortable retirements when defined contribution plans are combined with Social Security income and lifestyle changes.

It's a busy recruiting season for Wells Fargo, which announced that it has added four wirehouse advisors managing about $450 million in assets.

Multiple reasons for business owners to offer 401(k) plans; Rules for juicing up your retirement account; Retirement number, who cares

A pair of new studies released this week find that planners' biggest concerns now center on a potential equity market downturn.

Board pledges not to punish widely followed advisor while they try to resolve fee-only compensation issue; draws accusations of 'arbitrary' treatment.

With so many distractions in their lives, clients face an uphill battle to focus their attention on retirement planning. Here's how advisors can help.

Planners are facing another competitive attack. Previous threats made the profession stronger - will that happen this time?

The $400,000 Social Security question; Generating income in low-yield world; When conventional wisdom is good enough

Entrepreneurial advisors are leaving the wirehouses and constructing new business models the industry hasn't seen. But before joining these trailblazers, other advisors should think about what it is they want to change.

The industry talks a lot about transparency, but issues get tricky when you’re working with families, money and personal relationships.

The new "SendMyDocs" app helps clients who live far from their bank or credit union as well as the advisors trying to serve them.

After leaving LPL for NFP, Washington Wealth brings its breakaway advisor total to seven for the year thus far.

UBS AG said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating its dark pool since early 2012, the first time the Swiss bank has acknowledged the probe now in its third year.

Regulation is the biggest driver of change for mutual funds and money market funds, according to a new EY survey, and it may have consequences beyond higher costs. Heightened regulatory demands anticipated to fall on managers and their products means increased costs of doing business. For financial advisors, this may mean higher costs of products for their clients or, if costs become too high, potentially avoiding such products in favor of more passive investment methods. …

Can Social Security benefits be seized by collectors; Key numbers to know for a successful retirement; Costly mistakes to avoid

Finished your beach reading yet? Our Summer Reading List was so popular that we put together a sequel. Here are 10 of the top-rated books for financial advisors on Amazon.com. Enjoy these helpful titles on a getaway -- whether it's on the beach or on a business trip.

Community banks need to rethink their technology and marketing to ensure they are snagging a piece of the millennial generation. Big banks have the lead in reaching this demographic, but they are vulnerable, experts said.

Barclays saw a rise in the number of U.S. shares traded in its dark pool, paring some of the losses in the two weeks after it was sued by New York for allegedly lying to customers of the venue.