Practice management

UBS AG, the world’s biggest wealth manager, is targeting millionaire clients in oil-rich Nigeria and Angola as Swiss rival Credit Suisse Group AG withdraws from some African markets.

Blogger, equities analyst and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, Barry Ritholtz responds to the 'counterintuitive claim that portfolio rebalancing doesn’t really work,' in a recent column by Paul Merriman at MarkeWatch.

To solve problems and get fresh ideas, two minds -- or 5 to 6 for that matter -- are better than one. Here are a some study group best practices for advisors.

Senior financial services executives said the industry needed to move more quickly to promote diversity and inclusion throughout the organization.

Janet Yellen’s nomination to be chairman of the Federal Reserve won support from the Senate Banking Committee today in a 14-8 vote, moving her bid to be the Fed’s first female head to the Senate for confirmation.

Community groups are uniting to protest Regions Financial's short-term loan program, calling on the Birmingham, Ala., company to ditch its "Ready Advance" product.

Keith Morris, managing director of Conshohocken, Pa.-based Morris Capital Management Group,has left Wells Fargo to affiliate with Raymond James Financial Services.

The Justice Department’s $13 billion mortgage securities settlement with JPMorgan Chase is a record and also a rarity -- Attorney General Eric Holder’s first big win against a bank at the heart of 2008’s financial crisis.

Dubai, which teetered on the brink of default in 2009, is cracking down on misconduct at its financial center to safeguard its position as a business hub.

Two Florida advisors have been charged with defrauding their clients, including many retirees, in an offshore fraud scam.

Why one firm scrapped its old minimum asset requirements and created a new client division.

In the wake of this summer's Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8 -- as well as ensuing federal clarifications related to tax rules, employee spousal benefits and more -- same-sex couples now say they need help with financial planning.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reached a $13 billion deal with the U.S. Justice Department that ends probes into the bank’s sale of mortgage bonds, the largest amount paid by a financial firm in a settlement with the government.

Women have larger client accounts and price more consistently, according to a new study from Pricemetrix

The selling advisor tends to think their practice is worth a lot more than it may be. Here are five things to ask the selling advisor and the appraiser before you buy a practice.

Advisors must jumpstart the conversation or retirement planning could suffer, say executives at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

While the traditional way of gauging a client’s tolerance for risk is typically determined using a basic questionnaire, there’s another method that’s just as – if not more – reliable.

Really skilled networkers not only take advantage of their own networks, but tap other people's networks as well. Here's how one advisor used networking to build a $325 million practice in five years.

Having a fully completed profile makes you visible, giving you the opportunity to leverage your network and engage with those who matter most to your professional development and business growth.

The number of women seeking out advisors to help manage their finances has increased greatly, a recent study finds.