Plus the latest on LPL's new collaboration with Redtail Technology, Laser App software sees continued growth and more.
Financial Advocacy Network, a collective of 13 advisers with $450 million in assets, is hoping to grow to $1 billion in five years
Scott Welch, co-founder and CIO of Fortigent, is latest to leave.
Deal with the NFL franchise enhances the cachet of the fast-growing online advice upstart.
By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.
The Federal Reserve decides to hold tight on interest rates, and advisers are reacting accordingly.
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Low rates around the world is pushing everyone into stocks. Plus: Where to work if you want a big fat 401(k); the German bund flirts with a negative yield; Australia becomes the new junk-bond haven; and how not to be a horrible boss.
Though a client's potential health crisis can't be anticipated long before it comes, a plan can be sketched out.
State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.
NASAA report on hidden and complicated fee disclosures sparks drive for simple, uniform language.
Popular customer relationship manager plans to launch a new user interface in the fourth quarter.
Wary advisers are taking a closer look at F-Squared Investments, the largest manager of exchange-traded-fund portfolios, which is under investigation for misrepresenting past returns.
Sophisticated advisers may need lots of bells and whistles, but those just starting out can get by with a bare-bones version.
As outdated documents related to the actor's estate hit the tabloids, experts weigh in on how to keep your clients' plans confidential.
When you put together your 2015 technology budget, be sure there's a line item in there for training.
Almost 100% of wealthy households donated to charity last year, according to U.S. Trust. Education tops the list of causes.
'Never intended to be a tax shelter for millionaires,' Congressman says of retirement savings vehicle.
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