Wealth management

Provide more effective feedback by making it part of everyday work and make assessments more forward-thinking.

The main objection seems that regulators just don't like the unseemly business of selling products to customers who might not want them.

Founded by former wirehouse advisers, XML Financial is the seventh firm to join the IPO-bound RIA aggregator this year.

The former RIA and fund advisor was cited for multiple fiduciary violations in a day-trading scheme, pocketing profitable trades from a pooled account while burdening clients with the losses.

Relura Horton, former regional managing director at Fidelity Custody and Clearing, hopes to attract more women clients to her new firm.

The long-running battle by two CFPs against the board comes to an abrupt end.

Keith Rowling rejoined this elite group for a second year in a row.

The funds have had the fastest growth since 2012, with nearly $100 billion of inflows, helped by record emerging-market investments.

After being jilted by the nation’s largest IBD, the organization breaks new ground with membership additions.

A father, son and daughter leave the wirehouse to form their own business.

New capital from outsiders is adding $50 million to the RIA's war chest.

Automated investing platforms are making it tougher to charge for some financial advice, says Tiburon Strategic Advisors.

This unit is a critical gatekeeper and value-add for your clients, particularly high-net-worth ones.

Beacon Pointe’s latest deal puts the wealth manager over the $2B AUM milestone, and it’s eyeing new markets.

The executive will oversee the delivery of advice and services for many of the firm's most prominent client families.

More than 80% of women in the advisory business find the old boys’ network undercuts their professional development.

If equities languish, one adviser says be more cautious on muni fixed income.

Fair and equitable can mean different things to different people, as Lise Robinson now knows from personal experience.

Assets in college savings plans named for an obscure section of the tax code hit a record this summer, totaling $266.2 billion, up 5.1% year-over-year.

The IRS equivalent of a SWAT team gives examinations that are "the audits from hell that your grandfather warned you about," an attorney says.