Wealth management

To avoid common traps like groupthink, firms' investment committees need to start by examining how they think.

International investors are the most upbeat about the global economy than at any time in almost five years, buoyed by the U.S.-led revival of industrial nations, according to the Bloomberg Global Poll.

The Foundation for Financial Planning has named four new members to its board of trustees.

The IRS has released a set of proposed regulations to prevent abuses of the partnership basis adjustment rules, disallow partnership loss transfers and avoid some of the abuses uncovered by the Enron scandal.

See who topped the charts on Financial Planning's list of the top 50 Fastest-Growing RIA Firms. These firms range in size, but all are growing -- fast.

Preparing now can position your firm for a tidal wave of success, but failing to understand and adapt to generational differences may create a shock wave for your firm.

Assets managed by dually registered advisors are growing faster than any other channel -- underscoring the industry's "slow but steady migration" toward independent models, according to new research from Cerulli.

The principles that served him well in selling Paine Webber to UBS, Donald Marron says, helped him pull the trigger to sell Cetera.

RCAP buys J.P. Turner for $27 million; Schorsch is calling IBDs, large and small, in search of deals, says Cambridge's Schwartz.

Northwestern Mutual is fishing for talent -- and it's using 6,400 hooks.

On the heels of a companywide rebrand, some advisors think 'Here we go again'; others are happy with the change.

Edelman Financial Group announced Thursday that Tiburon Strategic Advisors managing partner Charles "Chip" Roame has been added to its board of directors.

A number of Morgan Stanley advisors have left the firm to join independent broker-dealers and advisory firms.

RCS Capital moved to become the nation's second-largest independent broker-dealer by advisor count on Thursday by agreeing to purchase Cetera Financial Group for $1.15 billion in cash.

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Two Florida planners have asked the court to sanction the CFP Board. The organization calls the suit "without merit" and declined to answer dozens of questions in the first deposition.

A federal district court judge has ruled in favor of the federal government in a lawsuit claiming that the IRS did not have the authority under the Affordable Care Act to write rules providing tax credits to individuals purchasing health insurance on the new health insurance exchanges.

The $1.3 billion Rockville, Md., advisory firm has added two prominent advisors to its team, adding roughly $50 million to Highline's assets under management.

The FPA and other organizations calling for stricter regulatory oversight of investment advisors reacted with dismay to the omnibus federal spending bill unveiled this week, which they say will leave the SEC unable to effectively police the industry and protect investors.

As the cost of recruiting new advisors has soared, says CEO Erica McGinnis, such small-scale growth has become more difficult -- and more expensive.