Practice management

Financial advisors' jobs are among those at risk as computerization threatens the U.S. workforce.

United Capital has started providing regular liquidity to advisors with some first stock sales proceeds exceeding $500,000.

Holding effective meetings with staff and clients not only maximizes your own time, but also makes the most of your employees' time and your clients' time.

Advisory firms are embracing social media to help with recruiting and hiring talent. Keep a few rules in mind.

Gun-shy and data driven, younger clients can pose a particular challenge. Here are 5 concepts to keep in mind.

Mark Spangler, who used NAPFA affiliation to attract clients before losing most of their assets, was taken immediately into custody at his sentencing.

Lifestyle practices get a bad rap. But one of my main goals when starting my RIA was to build a business and a life that met my needs.

The variable annuities sector stabilizes as issuers find a balance between provider risk and client protection.

Forging real relationships -- in person and not just online -- builds not only long-term friendships, but business to boot, says one marketing expert.

CFP Board makes new push into academia with plans for a center at its headquarters and an academic journal

Many states have updated their trust laws, providing simpler techniques to help trustees deal with the challenges of irrevocable trusts.

Retiree optimism is an encouraging improvement and most likely correlates to a stronger stock market and the prospect of higher interest rates in the future, says Wells Fargo executive.

Expected in August, the Labor Department's new draft of a fiduciary proposal for retirement-plan advisors involves taking a more "clear, direct and nuanced" approach to the education vs. advising question, says Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi.

Securities America and Triad, both divisions of Ladenburg Thalmann, slapped for "failing to supervise the use of consolidated reporting systems resulting in statements with inaccurate valuations being sent to customers."

Advisors and their HNW clients too often shy away from difficult conversations about inheritance planning. Here are some ideas for advisors to help start the dialogue.

Compliance experts are recommending that firms take a flexible, risk-based approach as they respond to the SEC's red flag rules, a new set of regulations for protecting clients against identity theft.

Advisors will be expected to keep records about the content they post on social sites just as they do with other materials on traditional channels, according to a senior commission attorney.

The planning network hooks up with Guide Financial to offer cash-flow software to clients.

A former banker at a Credit Suisse Group unit facing a July 2011 indictment on a tax conspiracy charge is scheduled to plead guilty today in federal court in Virginia, according to court records.

Advisors and their HNW clients too often shy away from difficult conversations about inheritance planning. Here are some ideas for advisors to help start the dialogue.