Practice management

Pimco's Bill Gross said that wealthy Americans, having reaped the benefits of favorable tax treatment, should be willing to pay a greater share to bolster the prospects of the working class.

There’s a major misperception of what a buy-and-hold investment strategy is, but it's what you buy and hold that makes all the difference.

The former central region president will now oversee the Private Client Reserve and its 1,300 financial professionals nationwide

Net inflows from wealthy clients in emerging markets slowed in the third quarter according to the world’s largest private bank for the rich.

Firms need to manage millennial employees successfully to leverage their intrinsic talents for the betterment of the organization. Here are a few key ideas to keep in mind.

A measure that would put the brakes on the Department of Labor's proposal to establish a fiduciary standard for advisors to retirement plans was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in a largely party-line vote on Tuesday.

Rebalancing is simple, but not easy to do. With automated rebalanicing, little or no action is required to achieve even more consistent investment allocation.

A time management study showed Amerprise advisor Susan A. Riley-Hayes how she could maximize her staffing levels and fee structure.

The CFP Board’s highly publicized $36 million 'Let's Make a Plan' campaign may have misled consumers.

The firms have been sanctioned by the SEC for violating the custody rule that requires them to meet certain standards when maintaining custody of their clients’ funds or securities.

Lawmakers are set to begin debate today on a bill that would delay, perhaps indefinitely, a proposal by the Department of Labor to impose a fiduciary standard on advisors to retirement plans.

Here’s the argument for talking your clients into taking less risk today to get higher returns in the future.

Regardless of how big my firm gets, we can’t lose the entrepreneurial mindset that got us where we are.

Women are earning more, inheriting more and controlling more wealth than ever before. This is a huge market awaiting every financial advisor, if he or she understands some key points about working with female clients.

Here’s why these questionnaires don’t work -- and a better way to assess how much risk a client should take on.

Public pension funds have been moving huge amounts of money into alternative investments managed by Wall Street.

Research conducted over 50 years on judging deception showed that the odds of accurately detecting lies are only “marginally higher” than pure luck.

The SEC is conducting nationwide, "limited scope examinations" of certain mutual funds that invest in Puerto Rico securities, according to a document obtained by The Bond Buyer and knowledgeable sources.

JPMorgan, under siege on multiple fronts by state and federal prosecutors investigating alleged wrongdoing at the largest U.S. bank, is in talks with federal prosecutors in New York to resolve allegations it helped facilitate Bernard Madoff’s crimes.

The most important reason to engage in pro bono work is to help those who are in need of free advice. But pro bono work can also pay off in other ways.