Practice management

The Insured Retirement Institute is planning the launch of an advisor council this spring.

A former Baird advisor won an arbitration case against his old employer, resulting in a FINRA arbitration panel awarding him $170,000 in damages for defamation.

Nearly 150 million U.S. adults are expected to be banking on their mobile devices by 2018, and lenders can roll out the red carpet with user-friendly apps and modernized branches.

Bernard Madoff's victims are set to get $349 million in a fresh round of payments by the trustee unwinding his firm, a day after five of its ex-employees were convicted of aiding the con man's $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme.

Envestnet has increased its value fivefold since going public. Buyers may take notice.

Wealthfront, an online financial advisory firm, is in talks to raise about $30 million in a round of financing led by Index Ventures, according to people familiar with the situation.

Errors and omissions insurance premiums are rising. A proposed fiduciary standard for advisors would drive the cost up further, according to insurance specialists.

Like immigrants adjusting to a new culture, newly wealthy families adjust in different ways. Here's how financial advisors can help.

Firms in the self-serve channel that can "combine delivery mechanisms" will be a "smart bet" going forward," predicts Tiburon managing partner Chip Roame.

Like immigrants adjusting to a new culture, newly wealthy families adjust in different ways. Here's how financial advisors can help.

From why one RIA created an all-female advisory firm in order to improve its service model to how companies are finding the best job candidates using social media, here are the notables and quotables from the past week's stories.

Justin Reckers and Michelle Smith explain how and why to look into a wealthy client's assets during a divorce.

FINRA found that LPL didn’t have a reasonable system in place to determine whether purchases of alternatives would cause a customer’s account to be unsuitably concentrated.

'CARDS would be a massive and invasive regulatory undertaking with serious privacy implications ... and added technology costs and regulatory burdens,' according to a SIFMA statement.

Xerox is repurposing its Safe Courier app, which lets people scan and send financial documents like loan applications and tax paperwork on their smartphones, for the financial services industry.

Justin Reckers and Michelle Smith explain how and why to look into a wealthy client's assets during a divorce.

"There's still an employee mentality, even if an advisor is the founder or principal of a firm," says Stratos CEO Jeff Concepcion.

Reluctant advisors are advised to get over their reservations and start extending their marketing efforts to social.

Caveats aside, advisors can use social media to boost their business and build stronger relationships with clients.

Heavily discounted, online rivals are challenging the planning profession's right to exist. Here's how to fight back.