Adviser headcount was down 3.4% in second quarter, but productivity was up 35%.
Laurence Rollins accused of taking trade secrets to new employer.
Industry lobbyist suggests regulator avoid 'prescriptive' language for mitigating conflicts.
Report outlines more that 80 recommendations for lawmakers and regulators.
Benefits lost to excess earnings are restored at full retirement age.
A federal judge ruled the university did not act imprudently with employee retirement plans.
Levy on overseas profits was aimed at tech and pharma companies, but quirks in the way it's calculated mean it's likely to hit big banks.
Wealth managers host workshops for the offspring of rich clients to build their brands with the next generation.
Millennial-dominated group creates hybrid firm and links with Dynasty
Regulator wants to know what it can do to provide support.
IRS OKs up to $10,000 in K-12 spending and rollovers to ABLE accounts; makes recontributing tuition refunds to 529s tax-free.
The wirehouse's plan stresses pay incentives at the individual client level, such as for financial planning activity and net new assets.
These investments will make sense mainly for ultrahigh-net-worth clients, at least initially, according to tax experts.
Advisers attending LPL Focus 2018 say CEO realizes the firm botched the ClientWorks launch.
Broker-dealer is making concerted effort to shift assets from brokerage to advisory accounts and to keep them on its corporate advisory platform.
The program will close in September, though some aspects such as participant education still will be available to advisers.
Although measure died in June, Massachusetts case against Scottrade lives on.
Revised government statistics show households saved 6.7% over the past two years, up from the previously reported 4.2% rate
Daniel B. Rudden and Denver-based Financial Visions allegedly defrauded 150 investors
Dynasty Financial Partners the latest to join MaxMyInterest.
