Practice management

Washington, DC.-based Convergent Wealth Advisors has hired a new managing director of advisor recruiting.

Among advisory services competing for the wealthiest clients, RIAs and multi-family offices are winning.

The firm's growth spurt has brought Washington Wealth’s total AUM, which was at a modest $100 million in December 2011, to well over $1 billion.

In every organization, there are a few top performers who set the pace for everyone else. Ken Haman says advisors need to explore what the top 20% of your colleagues do differently and what you can do to join them in the top tier.

A dozen Senate Democrats and an Independent lawmaker have re-introduced a bill that would impose a minimum 30% tax on high income tax payers who earn more than $1 million as a way to help reduce the ballooning federal deficit.

Program managers and bank advisors may not agree on everything, but most likely they see eye-to-eye on one thing: the desire to increase an advisor’s production.

Why is branding so important and how can you build a stronger brand?

Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to chair the SEC, faced little resistance at a Senate confirmation hearing as she said that, if confirmed, she intends to move swiftly to close the book on an array of rules that advisors have been watching closely.

Mary Jo White, President Obama’s choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, may be compelled to provide more information about her ties to large banks as senators press her about how she would operate as Wall Street’s regulator.

Oppenheimer & Co. agreed to pay about $2.9 million to settle claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors in a private-equity fund.

Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. manager of money-market mutual funds, said there is growing agreement among company leaders and regulators to limit any new rules for the products to those eligible to buy corporate debt.

More than two-thirds of advisors (68%) have no formal succession plan for their businesses and among those who do, the plans are sketchy.

The network of independent broker-dealers has introduced a platform that proactively rebalances client portfolios at all account sizes for lower prices.

Small business owners prefer a Tax Code with low rates and fewer deductions, according to a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business, but their bottom line is whether their taxes rise or fall.

Charles Schwab & Co. is in the midst of a regulatory struggle with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that threatens to change how the firm and other retail brokers do business with its clients.

Few bank executives could state a clear and comprehensive wealth strategy. And most had trouble identifying something about their wealth management efforts that was unique.

What does it take to be a successful advisor? And how do you prove your worth to clients?

The future of financial planning will be shaped by a dozen key trends. How will these trends affect you and your business?

What is the proper role of an advisor in the board meetings. Should they attend? Should they speak? Steve Wershing says advisors have to understand the "don'ts" before they consider the "do's."

The number of tax-delinquent federal workers and retirees increased by 11.5 percent in 2011, according to Internal Revenue Service data.