Smaller firms can still flourish amid the rampant M&A activity, but they need to employ targeted client development and strategic outsourcing.
It's safe to say that the more adept you are at selecting, implementing and utilizing the available technologies, the better off your practice and your clients will be.
Sabra Purtill succeeds Lyons as the insurer's interim CFO, while Turab Hussain was named interim chief actuary.
The CEO's package includes $2 million in base salary and $23 million in variable compensation, with $16.1 million of that in the form of restricted stock units.
The CFP Board's decision to split itself into two nonprofits would allow it to establish a membership organization, but groups like FPA don't expect it to do so.
Counting the number of women leading a company is harder than it looks, which complicates investors' ability to achieve gender-correlated returns.
A young financial planner cites the benefits of having a supportive team and the fascination of learning about financial planning's emotional and psychological side.
The data, which is aggregated to artificial intelligence, cover more than 5,000 North American companies across 385 ESG topics.
The group is setting up a 501(c)(6) organization that will give it more latitude to talk to students about the benefits of becoming a CFP and to the public about the benefits of working with one.
Staffers earning up to $500,000 a year will share in a pool of restricted stock, according to a memo from CEO Brian Moynihan.
According to data collected from 14,000 RIAs, 80% are using digital client onboarding tools.
It stars with a new toolkit to help industry veterans better relate to a universe of potential clients that wants advice on its own terms.
We have reached a moment of reflection after a period of exuberant expansion.
Cory Triolo and Tim Checko are joining the IBD's investor and investment solutions team.
On net, the RIA channel gained 1,097 advisors and independent broker-dealers gained 923, while 1,291 advisors on net left wirehouses.
The CE requirements are the first for investment advisors, who must take 12 credit hours of courses in products and practice as well as ethics.
A survey of business owners shows that amid inflationary pressures and economic uncertainty, 43% of those who work with an advisor say they've communicated with their advisor more frequently in the past year.
Native Americans are gaining economic muscle, and that expands horizons for investors and advisors who want to be part of their rise.
For advisors who don’t do their homework, the possibility of a regulatory slap on the wrist may be less of a deterrent than a whack in the wallet from aggressive attorneys.
The CFP Board also reports all-time highs in the number of new women and racially diverse CFPs.
