Practice

The pandemic and work-from-home arrangements are probably spurring larger budgets.

The No. 1 IBD revealed new details of its W-2 affiliation after it followed rivals into the employee channel with an acquisition it made last year.

“We basically had clients demanding that we find a new home,” after Wells Fargo failed to secure PPP loans for them, an advisor says.

The number of advisors registering with FINRA has fallen since 2016, as more planners elect a fee-only model.

New opportunities and wise practices can maximize the value of your clients’ — or your own — company.

The St. Louis-based firm claims its rival “instructs incoming recruits to compile client information from their former firm” as a matter of course.

As anxious as they may be to take advantage of the opportunity, there are pitfalls and hidden costs, advisors warn.

Tax-rate arbitrage is one approach, but it’s far from the only one, according to contributor Michael Kitces.

The new recruits cited their new employer’s technology platform as motivation for making the career change.

Current and former clients claim personal information, including Social Security and passport numbers, have been exposed due to negligence.