Four popular places for RIAs to look for clients - plus the Q4 RIA rankings.
Love it or hate it, New York elicits strong opinions from just about everyone.
St. Louis might be brushed off as flyover country by some coast-to-coast travelers, but it has become the final destination for many financial advisers.
Despite is reputation for gray skies, Seattle has weathered the nation's economic storm better than most of the U.S. That fact, combined with the area's recreational opportunities and quality of life, makes some financial advisers who live and work there pretty satisfied.
If your best conversations with your clients' wives take place at annual holiday parties, that relationship may come to an abrupt end at a time you least expect — right after your client's wife becomes a widow.
Three investment advisory firms agreed to pay a total of $262,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that they failed to put in place and implement required compliance procedures.
Advisers keen on the idea of joining an RIA – but not so hot on giving up cash from transactions
To do their jobs, advisers must know the net worth of each and every one of their clients. So why is it so many advisers know so very little about the values of their own firms?
An online dashboard created by Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services allows RIAs to compare themselves to their peers.
When it comes to quality of living, advisers need to head for the border
Targeted content for tomorrow's financial planners
There is plenty that financial advisers can learn from the late Steve Jobs
With 2011 sales of life insurance products up just 4% over last year, carriers and producers would be well served by mining social networks to step up growth.
Don't see magic fading following passing of company co-founder; 'creative spirit is still there'
With thousands of aging financial advisers hoping to sell their practices over the next decade, a big consideration is how much tax the owners will have to pay if and when they sell their businesses.
United Capital Financial Advisers LLC's purchase of Peak Capital Investment Services LLC last week is a sign of the times
It's a good time to sell a financial advisory business, especially if the owners have spent the past decade planning their exit.
It's a good time to sell a financial advisory business, especially if the owners have spent the past decade planning their exit.
Eric D. Brotman has met plenty of older financial advisers who have decided against selling their firms because they don't think that they will get a good price.
