Wealth management

Two planners who are suing the CFP Board amended their complaint to seek unspecified damages in addition to earlier claims seeking an admission of fault from the board as well as the quashing of a public sanction for calling their practice fee-only.

Few firms have provided staff members with formalized career paths. This disconnect creates significant untapped potential for firms to better harness their human capital -- by actively engaging their teams for growth and greatness.

If the health insurance exchanges succeed in making coverage more affordable, planners say they expect some clients who are separated to opt for divorce.

Here’s a sampling of bank reps who were recently promoted or moved to new organizations to assume roles of greater responsibility.

Two prominent industry experts offer some spirited discussions on a few of the most contentious M&A issues.

Expect powerful regional RIAs to emerge from the current round of financial advisory deal-making.

Before anyone represents your firm online, they need to understand why a blog is important to your organization, what the goals are that you wish to achieve, and the do’s and don’ts for contributing. Here are the three tips to make sure your bloggers succeed.

A recent study highlights the industry's dire need for new advisors, and aims to help firms understand Gen Y's huge potential. Here are the key takeaways.

Advisors may say they're comfortable developing retirement income strategies -- but none seem to agree on the right way to create an income stream.

Beverly Hills Wealth Management has launched an internal asset management division with the addition of the emerging McComsey Asset Management, with $30 million in assets under management, to help attract a greater number of breakaway brokers.

Significantly altered results now appear when users search for fee-only advisors.

While the coming fiscal debate looms in the background -- along with probable accompanying market volatility -- there are a number of other possible legislative and regulatory items that also affect the insurance and advisory industry.

The IRS has released guidance on issuing tax refunds to same-sex married couples in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.

Despite a tarnished reputation, annuities make sense for some clients. Even so, advisors highlight some of the biggest challenges they face in using annuities for clients.

Sometimes changing broker-dealers doesn't work out the way you expect. Just ask Wayne Maier, a financial advisor in Bay City, Mich.

Social media has proven to be a helpful marketing and communication tool for many companies, but the financial industry seems to only just now be breaking into this trend. Here are 5 tips on how to get started.

New hires bolster the firm's recruiting and succession planning units.

If you are a bank program manager looking to recruit financial advisors then you already know that this is no easy task. Here are four tips to help with recruiting.

Exclusive: Without any notice, ‘fee-only’ is replaced with ‘none provided’ on CFP holders’ profiles.

Despite continued economic and market uncertainty, most advisors expect 2013 to be a good year according to a new poll released today by SEI.