Professional development

As the head of nationals sales, Simmons will oversee the firm's recruiting efforts.

As Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders experience barriers in corporate careers and have been underserved as clients despite their growing wealth, here's what the industry can do to help.

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard launched a virtual leadership class that teaches planners about the history of the profession and the key topics shaping it today.

Plus, tru Independence launches a new wealthtech platform, findings from Nitrogen's inaugural advisor growth survey and Invesco comes to the Private Advisor Group platform.

As Orion approaches its 25th anniversary, the leader of the RIA technology giant says it's time for a change.

The banking giant plans to put all asset managers through training in Python programming language, whether they 'like it or not.'

A bill before Congress would let planners with certain securities licenses place clients' money in private markets regardless of their income or net worth.

Jenny Souza, Jen Abboud-Smith and Liz Nesvold respectively took over newly created roles and the CEO post at a major investor in the industry.

ChatGPT scored terribly on a practice CPA exam, scoring 39% in REG, 46% in AUD, 35% in FAR and 48% in BEC.

But the firms continue to close faster than new ones open, suggesting consolidation remains an industry trend.

Offer value to financial advisor-adjacent professionals and prospective clients to distinguish yourself among a rapidly expanding cohort of FAs.

With trillions of dollars just sitting in accounts and earning nothing for clients, the industry veteran said cash presents a significant business opportunity for advisors.

In letters to the FTC, financial planners contend that noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions can leave them 'handcuffed' to bad firms.

After 13 years at the helm, Wise's exit has sparked a search for the fintech provider's next full-time CEO.

The SEC is moving forward with regulations that broker advocates argue could make it nearly impossible to have online complaints purged.

The advisors left a firm called Regulus and aligned with AdvisorNet Financial as they seek to build a larger base of individual wealth and planning clients.

The initiative aims to improve the underrepresentation of women in the financial planning industry, who comprise not even one in four of all CFP credential holders.

Only 13% of 242 active manager portfolios across the world had a woman as lead or co-lead in 2022, according to new research. The number has hardly changed over the past two decades.