Risk

Raising the assumed age for decumulation to 67 from 65 could dramatically reduce the percentage of families at risk, an expert says.

A closed-end fund can provide a steady income stream for clients, but advisors often make misleading assumptions about the regularity of monthly distributions. Here’s what to watch for.

Securing optimal returns depends on many factors, including the right underlying asset class and close monitoring.

Who guards the guardians? Regulators, yes, but as CFPs we must also police ourselves

The price rise and concurrent yield slide on BB-rated bonds is giving some planners pause.

NASAA’s annual survey of regulators sheds light on legal proceedings against BDs, RIAs and unregistered firms that often go unnoticed in the wider industry.

To correctly identify their risk tolerance, clients must not only understand how to react to risk, but also how the market environment and investment experience have impacted them.

“The big issue here is being able to maintain your standard of living,” an expert says.

Too often succession plans tend to be all-or-nothing. There are better ways.

As much as $18 billion of inflows to money market funds last week were partly driven by the desire to “take some chips off the table,” an expert says.

The simple addition of an exclamation mark to the names of some mutual funds led to significant declines in net flows, researchers find.

Some managers have taken on more risk amid a decades-long decline in interest rates and slow global economic growth to meet long term targets.

FinApps has filed a lawsuit that claims the data aggregator swiped its proprietary software, according to its lawyer Marc Kasowitz.

Fixed-income products designed to minimize interest rate risk are among the leaders.

While some firms have been successful at leveraging technology to scale sales and marketing processes, others have failed.

The bank has been slashing expenses, but executives acknowledged they remain high. Between having to hire thousands of compliance employees and waiting on the next CEO to be named, investments in new technology or other long-term growth are limited.