Blaine Franklin joins Raymond James Financial Services as owner of Blaine P. Franklin Financial Services in Rifle, Colorado.
Schoeff's “D.C. INsider” series was deemed the best news/political blog.
The company intends to rebrand itself as Avantax, which is the name of its wealth management group.
The firm is in talks with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding cases involving automobile lending, consumer-deposit accounts and mortgage lending.
The new platform will leverage technology to help financial advisers move clients onto the platform for personalization and tax management.
This list is longer than you might have thought, and it’s more confusing than ever before. And the penalty is still 50% if the RMD isn’t taken.
The SEC charged Syed Arham Arbab and five friends with trading with fake account deposits, in a 'free-riding' scheme that caused two brokerages to lose $146,600.
While the firm filed a motion to vacate the award in Superior Court in DeKalb County, Georgia, it's extremely rare for courts to overturn Finra arbitration decisions.
With the old-school mutual fund wrapper continuing to suffer during the down-market cycle, alternative strategies represent a lone bright spot.
The firm's president says sustainable investing is a long-term approach: 'We try to invest in the next economy rather than the last economy.'
Some funds held in many retirement savings plan have large holdings of stocks like Meta, Amazon.com and Apple, which is hurting the funds' performance this year.
Join retirement expert Mary Beth Franklin and experts from Athene and The Index Standard for strategies that take the focus off current challenges and put it back on what clients want for their future.
Learn about a strategy for deferring taxes—and even changing ownership structures—as your clients move from one real estate investment to another.
That's why Chairman Gary Gensler will be able to proceed with his agenda, experts says. But he'll get plenty of GOP pushback for being too aggressive.
As the $44 billion acquisition sparks extreme reactions for and against the new owner, fintwit considers whether tweeting is still worth all the fuss.
It's critical that the DOL and members of Congress hear from advisers what their independent classification means, not just to them but to their clients as well.
Commission revenue for fixed-income investments and annuities increased in the third quarter at LPL.
Libra Insurance Partners and Insurance Designers of America have agreed to merge.
WealthSuite offers fund and ETF model portfolios that are intended to save time for the firm's more than 750 advisers.
Tom Bradley of Schwab reiterated his promise to advisers that there will be no repapering of clients and that most firms will be able to keep their service teams.
