Professional development

These 12 independent wealth management firms are setting a higher bar than their peers, but they and the industry still have a very long way to go.

Financial advisors have built companies that are attractive to investors. But if they face challenges, experts say they can solve them without letting go of their firms.

Essential free services play a critical role for clients, financial advisors' careers and industry recruiting. But only if practitioners avoid some pitfalls, experts say.

Generation Z is hungry for authentic financial advice to guide them into the future, but planners must first form a 3D view of the challenges the cohort faces.

The program allows candidates to complete the certification program online, asynchronously and in half the time it takes to complete the standard program.

While generalists may worry they're leaving money on the table by sharpening their focuses so drastically, those who serve narrow client bases say they would never go back.

Whether they were members of the military, teachers, civil engineers, broadcasters, human resources directors or something else, they all share a desire to examine what profession truly fulfills them and take the often arduous path of reinvention.

Terri Kallsen of Rise Growth Partners is currently a member of the CFP Board's board of directors and chair of the finance and investment committee.

Experts say it's important to examine clients' relationships with money but there is an ethical line when such conversations should be led by licensed professionals.

The new women-led RIA will focus on serving law firm partners, executives, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals and families across the country.

She and former business partner Lazetta Rainey Braxton moved back to their own standalone firms. Here's a look at Dorsainvil's approach to practice management.

Neil McLaughlin, who'taking over RBC's wealth unit after running its personal and commercial banking divisions, is seen as a likely CEO successor.

An aging advisor base, continuing consolidation in M&A deals and shrinking organic growth are causing teams to consider changes, J.D. Power said.

Morningstar's study suggests that emotional or personal motivations are just as important or even more significant than a need for "functional" professional services.

More than a half dozen experts explain the key practice management and professional development implications of behavioral finance and financial therapy.

An innovative nonprofit's grant program enlists pro bono financial planners in an effort to keep longtime residents in place in a gentrifying area.

CHIP founder and CEO Dana Wilson originally created the platform as a directory of financial professionals of color. Now, Wilson wants to use the platform to address the racial wealth gap.

The three influential figures' presentations at Morningstar's conference offered a primer on navigating a challenging field increasingly driven by technology.

Stephen Rhodes, the founder of Signify Wealth, has built the advisory practice into a 15-employee firm managing $250 million. Here's the story of his pivotal decision 12 years ago.

Financial advisors are uniquely poised to recognize potential indicators of financial abuse — here's how to help clients.