Practice management

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company picked up two wirehouse teams that managed more than $1 billion in combined AUM, boosting the St. Louis-based firm's presence in the Carolinas to 18 offices from 15.

Market Street will hardly be the only new kid on the block fighting for market share in New York.

From slower sales cycles to different long-term care needs, female clients often need a different planning approach.

The House Ways and Means Committee may have broken the law when it publicly disclosed confidential taxpayer information in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

A large majority of women are feeling anxious about their retirement security; at the same time there is a significant gender gap within the advisory sector, new research shows.

As advisors work with an increasingly older clientele, it's imperative they arm themselves and their clients with the right documents to prepare for the inevitable.

Dynasty began to "unwind" its service agreement with Further Lane following SEC actions against the firm in late October 2013.

A former Morgan Stanley advisor team that managed $600 million in assets has left the wirehouse to join forces with HighTower.

When it comes to technology, advisors need to focus less on increasing efficiency and more on engaging clients.

Former wirehouse complex manager Tony Sirianni launches Sirianni Strategy Group, a consulting and marketing firm, to help independent firms attract wirehouse advisors.

A clear, sustainable withdrawal policy plays a critical role in clients' retirement success. Advisors offer a few ways to get them to stick to the plan.

Investors not only want advisors to earn extra credentials, but they want advisors to work to maintain those credentials, a new study by IMCA finds.

It's clear that leverage was one of the main culprits of the financial meltdown, but what other factors were at play?

Two former wirehouse advisors that managed more than $80 million in client assets have left Wells Fargo to join Raymond James & Associates, the firm's traditional employee/broker-dealer.

IMCA is updating the curriculum and exams for its CIMA certification to better prepare advisors for a changing industry, the association said at its annual conference.

Planners who work with service members and veterans say the U.S. military could do more to help soldiers in financial straits. Here are their recommendations.

Douglas Cowgill, the firm's president and chief compliance officer, attempted to disguise the shortfall from SEC examiners by entering a fake trade in the firm's account records, according to the SEC complaint.

FINRA barred a former bank advisor from the industry for attempting to swindle customers and fined and suspended two others for violating standards of commercial honor.

Advisors are bound to manipulate clients -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

It usually pays to wait, but not always. Here's a look at five important factors advisors should consider when developing Social Security strategies for clients.