Wealth management

Here's a closer look at the compensation rankings for top-producing advisors at the nation's leading wirehouses and regional B-Ds. Also see: Ranking the Top-Paying Independent Broker-Dealers Top 40 Financial Advisors Under 40: No. 20 through No. 1 40 Under 40: No. 21 through No. 40 Top 5 Regional Advisors Under 40

These 12 bad brokers not only did harm to their clients' portfolios, but their clients themselves. Check out BrokerCop's "Dirty Dozen" with offenses ranging from mail fraud to murder. Source: BrokerCop Also see: 5 Financial Advisors Caught in the SEC's Crosshairs 7 Ways Bernie Madoff's Scam Forever Changed Advisors' Lives 10 Mind Tricks That Keep Your Clients in the Red

The Raleigh, N.C., company hired Charles Pendergraft, John Zachary Carnes, Cort Meinelschmidt, Chelsea Miller, J. Marshall Culp 3d, and James Beam.

Legacy expert attorneys Danielle and Andy Mayoras say the untimely death and shoddy estate planning efforts of renowned artist Thomas Kinkade serve as a prime example of why clients should update their wills on a regular – and sober – basis.

In an effort to enhance the technology it offers for personal financial advice delivered to the mass market, NestWise LLC, a unit of LPL Financial, will buy Veritat Advisors.

June was a terrific month for the market overall, but these stocks didn't deliver the goods last month.

“The relationship with Orizon will allow us to provide focused, innovative wealth solutions to clients in an increasingly diverse geographic area, which is something our clients have been requesting," said Martin C. Bicknell, Mariner's CEO.

Investors sold in May, but then they didn’t go away. Here’s a closer look at the top-performing S&P 500 stocks in June. Also see: June Swoon: 20 Worst-Performing S&P 500 Stocks 10 Dividend-Paying Stocks Your Clients Will Want in 2012 5 Best-Performing Growth Mutual Funds This Year May Flowers: 10 Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks May Flounders: 10 Biggest S&P Laggards

Here are five tips to help financial advisors make optimal use of their time during their first sit-downs with retirement plan participants.

When advising clients, advisors normally operate with the "family first" mentality. But what about social responsibility and charitable giving? In a Scorpio Partnership and Kaiser Partner special report on wealth and social responsibility of 250 multi-millionaires with an average wealth of $3.5 million, findings show the majority of clients want to do more to be effective, responsible wealth creators.

It's easy to underestimate how important philanthropy is to clients.

The macro-economic conditions that have supported gold’s bull run over the past decade have not changed; in fact, they’ve become progressively worse. This is the calm before the storm.

Savant Capital Management and The Monitor Group, two independent fee-only RIAs, announced that they have finalized the merger of their firms to officially become Savant Capital LLC.

Check out what FINRA's top leaders and executives are making, according to the organization's annual report.

The Women Advisors Forum returned to Chicago on June 12 for the fourth event this year. The day included popular sessions on preparing clients for decumulation in retirement, how to effectively use social media and success secrets from multi-million dollar financial advisors. There were also new sessions on acquiring practices, marketing through video and targeting younger generations. Check out these photos for some of the day's highlights, and mark your calendars for upcoming Women Advisors Forum events on Oct. 30 in Boston and Nov. 15 in Newport Beach, Calif.

Wealth managers and financial advisors are using the iPad more than professionals in any other industry. Here’s a closer look at how and why. Also see: 11 Essential Tech Tools for Advisors 10 Must-Have Mobile Apps for Financial Advisors 10 Online Tools Advisors Can’t Live Without 10 Critical Social Media Tips for Advisors

Advisors significantly underestimate how many of their wealthy clients contribute regularly to charities and how much they give. This gap represents a missed opportunity for their clients whose charitable contributions would go much further if they were better integrated into their overall financial planning.

The Salt Lake City-based bank is ramping up its wealth management business with the support of third-party marketing firm PrimeVest Financial Services.

How creative thinking can help advisors with their own retirement strategies.

Mid-octogenarians could be getting a birthday gift from the IRS