Wealth management

More than three-quarters of U.S. public finance rating changes made by Moody’s Investors Service in the third quarter of 2013 were downgrades, reflecting concentrated credit pressures in some areas of the country even as economic recovery is seen on a larger scale.

Advisors can do a better job when it comes to preparing team members to succeed.

The company has a new deal with a Texas firm targeting ultrahigh-net-worth clients.

One planner says the strategy helps him connect with younger generations, avoid portfolio liabilities and improve transparency. Here are his suggestions.

ETFs let you maintain asset allocation while taking tax losses.

Here’s a look at ten of the most influential executives in the business and their insights, concerns and predictions for the future of the advisory industry.

Bill Gross no longer runs the world’s largest mutual fund.

Investor demand improved, despite the continuation of outflows from municipal bond mutual funds for a 23rd consecutive week, at $503 million for the week of Oct. 30.

The IRS released the annual cost-of-living adjustments last week affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2014.

After columnist (and startup RIA) Dave Grant discussed the challenges of having prospects say no, Chad Smith — an advisor at Financial Symmetry in Raleigh, N.C. — sympathized on Twitter.

Can a different investment model create greater portfolio diversification than the traditional 60/40 asset allocation model?

What, exactly, do high-performing advisory firms do differently than their less successful peers?

The real estate market may have had its ups and downs in recent years, but REITs are holding their value and merit a place in client portfolios.

Gold is down from it's high of around $1890 in 2011, but some investors are still inquiring about including gold and other precious metals in their portfolios.

A husband-and-wife planning firm and the CFP Board have traded jabs in court over whether the planners can seek damages in their lawsuit against the board.

The Treasury Department and the IRS have loosened the “use it or lose it” rule for flexible spending arrangements for health care, allowing participants in health benefit plans to carry over up to $500 from their FSA from year to year.

The agency issued its annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes for 2014.

Eight leading managers of money-market mutual funds urged the SEC to alter the way it defines retail funds in proposed new rules for the industry.

At its most basic, relative strength is a ratio of stock or index price-to-market average or other indices.

Bob McCann, CEO of UBS Group Americas, says while independent channels are making in-roads and can't be ignored, the threat doesn't keep him awake at night.