Financial Planning

As financial planning becomes a bigger part of advisors' work, charging clients based solely on assets under management may no...

Vanguard has overtaken BlackRock as the largest exchange-traded fund issuer, a seismic shift at the top of the $15.2 trillion...

Smaller firms can tap into marketing technologies to gain their footholds in a top-heavy and rapidly consolidating industry — but...

The number of private tax-advantaged foundations and the amount of assets contained in them has reached nearly $2 trillion, even...

FINRA is moving forward with a formal rule allowing firms to inspect their remote offices at a distance, rather than...

As advisor sentiment returned to negative territory in June over concerns about the global economy, financial planners warmed to alternative...

Nearly three-quarters of new financial advisors quit before their career even gets off the ground. At the same time, McKinsey...

Having all of a client's retirement funds under one roof makes a lot of sense for advisors who want to...

When building a financial planning firm (or any business), there is a tension between personalization and optimization. On the one...

As lawsuits keep piling up against brokerage firms over their "cash sweeps" policies, the SEC is reminding RIAs of their...