Wealth management

As the shift to fee-based accounts roils the industry, forward-thinking firms are revisiting how they pay employees while also making work more enjoyable. By Charles Paikert

The newly independent advisors added a new team and are looking to bring on more practices.

Dean Hoover is the latest advisor to join the Raymond James-affiliated independent firm.

Planners are seeking the independence and support that they say they aren’t getting at wirehouses.

Before making any changes to the compensation plan, find out what your partners value most. You may be surprised how agreeable they are.

Thinking of leaving a big broker-dealer? Answer these three questions first, recruiter Mark Elzweig writes.

The money manager has been shorting a group of technology stocks, which he’s described as a “bubble basket.”

Demand for financial advisors is rising in Southern California, so to keep up with the latest trends, Halbert Hargrove engages in a compensation benchmarking study twice year.

As the financial planning industry nears a fee-only, fiduciary world, independent broker-dealers will face some important choices about their future business models.

Find growth by using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to help set compensation policy.

Talent wars are pushing compensation packages higher.

Though largely replaced by the 1% of AUM model, performance-based fee structures are cropping up again — and that’s cause for concern.

Here’s how one firm structured compensation in a fair and completely open way.

IBDs and regional firms are making the biggest changes, but RIAs have room for growth as well.

Booms and busts both have the potential to create unrealistic outlooks on both ends of the performance spectrum.

Technology is rapidly changing many, but not all aspects of the business.

The research firm’s annual survey included new queries reflecting changes in the industry.

The revised code of conduct will broaden fiduciary responsibilities for planners, but critics say the framework falls short on disclosures and conflicts.

The broker belonged to Morgan Stanley's Chairman's Club, a group reserved for the elite among the firm's advisor ranks.

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