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Instead of harmonizing standards of client care across the industry, it may be better to re-differentiate them in light of the fiduciary rule's recent court loss.

Fortune 500 companies disappear because they don't plan properly for the future. Don't think it can't happen to your firm.

To protect their practice, advisors should know the answers to several critical questions about how vendors use and safeguard their data.

First Trust’s Jim Bowen reminded attendees at BISA's annual conference last week just how good American life can be, offering a can-do attitude that advisors need to adopt.

Broker-dealers and financial advisors pay a steep penalty for failing to keep up with digital trends.

If you want to eventually sell your practice for a big pay day (and not everyone does), aim for annual growth of 15%.

A tech-savvy Generation X is poised to become a practice's most valuable clientele. But slick apps and interfaces aren't enough to attract this group of investors.

Funds that experienced poor performance and registered investment companies with little management experience are among those that may be under scrutiny.

The time has come for advisors to reexamine this key business relationship, Nina O’Neal says.