Wealth management

"Your best people are everyone else’s best prospects,” said John Burns, CEO, Exencial Wealth Advisors.

A simple portfolio has a fixed allocation of stocks, Treasuries and other bonds and is rebalanced on a periodic basis; Plus, student loan debt is getting in the way of retirement planning.

Opinion: Contributor Allan S. Roth is “more than a bit concerned” that this marriage of a low- and high-fee provider will not be good for investors.

How to best convert a client's 401(k) to a Roth IRA. Plus, ways advisors can boost a client's retirement income, and last-minute techniques for reducing an IRS bill.

When it comes to collecting Social Security benefits, here are 11 keen insights from experts on how clients can get the most out of this entitlement.

What counts is what investors get to keep, after the taxman cometh.

"Position a plan of life phases rather than life stages," trend researcher Kim Lear says at Schwab Impact.

“Estimated stock returns will dwarf fixed income,” said Howard Ward, chief investment officer for GAMCO Investors.

State alleges Realty Capital Securities employees impersonated shareholders to game proxy votes and advance management agenda.

Baby boomers will continue to be the nation's wealthiest generation for the next 15 years and remain the largest fee pool for banks and financial services firms, according to new report.

The agency is using data analytics to scrutinize broker-dealers and advisors who are recommending an increasingly complex array of products.

Family office advisor Rick Flynn rebrands his practice and teams with two other veterans.

Your clients are probably interested in ETFs, and understandably so. But sometimes the indexes are no better than real portfolio managers.

Your clients are probably interested in ETFs, and understandably so. But sometimes the indexes are no better than real portfolio managers.

Many target-date funds, which have exploded in popularity, don't have allocations toward alternatives; Plus, how millennials and boomers are killing GenX's retirement savings.

“It’s the most important thing you can do for your business, the single greatest value driver,” said Rick Schwartz, managing director for business consulting at Schwab Advisory Services.

When changing a password isn’t enough: Former FBI agents reveal the newest cybercrimes and how to stop them.

Family office advisor Rick Flynn rebrands his practice and teams with two other veterans.

These advisory hubs appeal to those to want both independence and a corporate structure.

Acquisition of Hokanson Associates is just the start, Aspiriant CEO Rob Francais says: “We are open for business.”