Practice management

In the wake of this week's landmark gay rights decision from the Supreme Court, financial advisors have as many questions as answers for their same-sex clients about how the ruling with impact their wealth management, tax and estate planning.

Assessing your current business is an absolutely mandatory analysis you must make to achieve success. The assessment needs to address where you are today, where you want to be at some point in the not to distant future (perhaps three years) and the gaps between the two.

The Senate Finance Committee's top two tax writers asked their 98 colleagues on Thursday to submit detailed proposals justifying which tax breaks should be kept in the code as they move forward on comprehensive tax reform.

Financial markets are too complicated to navigate without an advisor, say the vast majority of affluent investors.

Working with clients can be difficult. You need to balance rational tasks of navigating capital markets with non-rational challenges of managing client emotions. In many ways, navigating client behavior is more complicated than navigating capital markets, since human emotions can swing wildly and less predictably. Check out some helpful ways to stay ahead of the curve.

More than 80% of people who do not work with a financial advisor only plan their finances for the short term, according to a new global survey by deVere Group, the world’s largest independent international financial consultancy group.

Increasing emphasis on client satisfaction may be changing the way wealth managers get paid and how they are evaluated.

In his 19 years in the industry, Ken Wren has seen young bank advisors repeating some of the same mistakes. Here are three career tips to help keep them on track.

A new FINRA rule aims to make information on brokers’ disciplinary actions more available and searchable.

A pair of Supreme Court rulings Wednesday will bring major changes for advisors who work with same-sex couples. What will this mean for your practice?

Summer is an opportunity to soak up the sun, spend time with friends and family, and enjoy the little things in life. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get ahead. Check out 20 books that could give you an edge on the competition.

51% of American adults would switch advisors or begin working with one for the first time if provided with a written retirement income strategy for them.

Claiming the next generation of clients and standing out from the crowd are very much on advisors’ minds, but they’re still grappling with how to deal with those two critical issues.

FINRA has censured Securities America and fined it $100,000 for making inaccurate and misleading statements to clients via emails.

In order for advisors to stand their ground to direct providers like Fidelity, Schwab and ETrade, they must not lose sight of younger and low to middle market investors, says Bing Waldert, director at Cerulli Associates.

RIAs love the flexibility of running their own business, but, when your bedroom becomes your office, it becomes difficult to keep a schedule. Dave Grant says he loves the flexibility of being self-employed, but internally he's screaming for a schedule. Check out some of his ideas and offer him some ideas that have worked for you.

Following a bearish May, investor confidence shot up in June, according to the State Street Global Investor Confidence Index released Tuesday.

More than one in four Baby Boomers and Gen Xers who otherwise would have had adequate retirement income are projected to run out of money if rates remain as they are.

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by pension plan beneficiaries challenging the company’s decision to shed $7.4 billion in obligations by buying a single-premium group annuity.

Some hedge-fund managers recently came under pressure from the American Federation of Teachers to quit the boards of certain organizations, such as Students First and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, that favor the elimination of public-sector defined-benefit pension plans.