Wealth management

Small company stocks stumbled in the very recent past but have outperformed over the long term.

You’ll probably find administrators blocking the backdoor Roth IRA strategy more than anyone else, says Kimberly Foss, planner, author and Financial Planning contributor. That’s when you’ll have to adopt the role of educator, she says.

Advisors see raising their rates as a difficult topic to broach, but one RIA coach has a variety of methods for approaching it.

Earnings reports this week showed the firms are increasingly rushing into a booming market for lending to wealthy clients. So far, it’s paying off.

The launch adds to the trend of banks attempting to tap into their base of retail checking account customers as a way to create instant scale in low-cost wealth management.

What's to stop financial planning from being shrunk entirely into a free app?

Sales of the fee-only products have expanded in a major way, but they have yet to win over advisors.

Firms who "do nothing" will be in a "precarious position," advisors are warned at a Fidelity conference.

Edward Lee Moody used the stolen proceeds to buy a home and travel to Las Vegas among other destinations.

The deal is Captrust's 31st purchase in the past 12 years.

Those with outflows cost clients more than twice as much.

Enforcement actions against IAs and reps at the state level soar in 2017, according to NASAA report.

There are hundreds of claiming strategies — using the wrong one can have major repercussions.

“High-touch” support, technology and firm culture played a part in career changes for seven advisors.

When legacy tools only address known risks, firms may be overdue for an upgrade.

The fast-growing Mather Group has ambitious expansion plans.

A small group will actually pay less in premiums because the cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security benefits next year won’t be large enough to cover the premium increase.

A bonus introduced earlier this year has helped fuel client acquisition, executives say.

The practice transitioned in a week in which 15 advisors joined their new firm in three separate moves.