The Investment Management Consultants Association has become the Investments & Wealth Institute, and will begin offering a retirement income designation.
Feucht Financial Group, started as tax-prep service, administers more than $430 million in assets.
Some in industry fear a data breach that could make list public.
The rate of growth in the industry is important because it defines the rate at which firms can develop the careers of their employees.
Flows to advisory accounts, while still higher than the start of 2016, dropped off more than 20% from Q2 and were the lowest in a year.
Regulator reminds firms of their duty to understand volatility-linked products and supervise how they are sold.
New York-based Paris International started looking for new broker-dealer as National Planning Holdings' deal with LPL Financial came to light.
All 634.403 reps have been ranked based on factors such as prior regulatory disclosures, disciplinary actions and employment history.
With most firms operating at or near capacity, firms need to step up their hiring and concentrate on building a workforce for the future.
New data show firms are bringing up employee advisers like never before.
As revenue growth dips and salaries rise, nearly 90% of firms are at or near capacity.
Half of advice firms have no formal guidance for client service.
Government says cybercriminals have found ways to access life insurance and annuity accounts.
Charitable deductions are an incentive to giving and a way for advisers to show their humanity.
If confirmed, Preston Rutledge would serve as assistant secretary of Labor and head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
Latest disciplinary actions involve insurance commissions, including case of Florida planners who lost a lawsuit e organization.
Losing big deductions, even in lieu of a larger standard deduction, may cause taxes to rise in retirement.
