Unofficial estimate would be largest increase since 2012, but retiree costs are growing even faster.
Agency says deVere USA and two former managers failed to disclose conflicts
Addition of San Diego-based firm brings EP's AUM to $4 billion.
Consolidators offer many different models and procedures.
Purchases largely involve books of plan business from non-specialists.
Having caused significant shifts among advisers, firms and consumers, can the push for a higher investment-advice standard really be erased by one court's decision?
You can call her the 'mother of the regulation,' and you can call her proud of what she and her staff accomplished.
Ideas for meeting challenges of consolidation and data sharing.
Potential scenarios the retirement-plan community could soon find itself facing.
Advisers seek detailed client info to compete more effectively.
Why it's so hard to determine what a retirement plan business is worth?
Tips to help small advisers looking to sell or join a specialist.
Know your partnership options for growth.
'We're trying to build an online digital marketplace,' says founder Keith Gregg.
She joins the roster of the few female C-suite executives in the financial advice space
The law uses the tax rates applying to trusts and estates, rather than parents' income, to determine the tax on children's investment income.
Observers can't tell why the regulation is still on death watch and not actually dead.
Investors fare better when they're presented with a few curated, low-cost options.
Firm once fined by Finra over nontraded REIT transactions is still pushing its own series of mutual funds.
Pinnacle Private Wealth switches B-D and hybrid RIA platforms.
