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Tax Planning Mastery: 5 Strategies for Year-End Success
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 29, 2018
Tax Planning Mastery: 5 Strategies for Year-End Success

While the new tax laws will complicate year-end planning, there are some moves you can make for your clients

By Sheryl Rowling
Understand where your firm's growth is really coming from
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 27, 2018
Understand where your firm's growth is really coming from

The 2018 <i>InvestmentNews</i> Study of Pricing &amp; Profitability shows a lot of advisers' success is tied to market gains, but there are ways to grow more reliably.

By crain-api
Why diversity and inclusion efforts are a firm's best investment
OPINION OCT 27, 2018
Why diversity and inclusion efforts are a firm's best investment

Appreciation for the different perspectives that inform people's financial needs is critical to the role advisers aspire to play in people's lives

By John Taft
6 myths about millennials that could harm adviser businesses
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 27, 2018
6 myths about millennials that could harm adviser businesses

Negative stereotypes of young investors are preventing many firms from courting this valuable potential client pool.

By Greg Iacurci
The future of new-adviser training is now
OPINION OCT 26, 2018
The future of new-adviser training is now

The diversity of new advisers entering the industry adds to the challenge of getting them up to speed

By Joni Youngwirth
UBS CEO promises to boost wealth management profits
FINTECH OCT 25, 2018
UBS CEO promises to boost wealth management profits

In third quarter, bank's global wealth management unit saw pre-tax profits rise 3%

By Bloomberg
Wells Fargo places two executives on leave
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 25, 2018
Wells Fargo places two executives on leave

Move occurs amid regulatory investigations into the bank's sales practices.

By Bloomberg
SEI partners with Advizr to ease financial planning for advisers
FINTECH OCT 25, 2018
SEI partners with Advizr to ease financial planning for advisers

Companies hope to break down the barriers preventing advisers from embracing planning at their firms.

By Ryan W. Neal
Stock market pullback brings out the buyers
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2018
Stock market pullback brings out the buyers

While some investors react with alarm to market decline, others see it as an opportunity to buy low

By Jeff Benjamin
MoneyGuidePro is breaking down financial planning into blocks
FINTECH OCT 24, 2018
MoneyGuidePro is breaking down financial planning into blocks

The firm and Orion announce latest products at T3 Enterprise.

By Ryan W. Neal
Stifel, First Republic post top recruiting gains in Q3, as wirehouses continue to lose brokers
BROKER DEALERS OCT 23, 2018
Stifel, First Republic post top recruiting gains in Q3, as wirehouses continue to lose brokers

Overall, broker and adviser movement slowed during the quarter, with 101 teams shifting firms compared to 124 at this time last year.

By Bruce Kelly
Voice commands, cybersecurity take center stage at T3
FINTECH OCT 23, 2018
Voice commands, cybersecurity take center stage at T3

Enterprise conference focused on how to improve back office tools for advisers.

By Ryan W. Neal
CFP Board issues white paper on increasing diversity in financial planning
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 23, 2018
CFP Board issues white paper on increasing diversity in financial planning

Less than 3.5% of the 80,000 certified financial planners in the United States in 2017 were black or Latino.

By Sarah Min
3 moves advisers can make now to stair-step their succession
OPINION OCT 23, 2018
3 moves advisers can make now to stair-step their succession

Many advisers lack a written succession plan, including 60% of those who will be retiring within five years

By Ron Carson
LPL snatches $3.7 billion Exemplar Financial from Cetera
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 22, 2018
LPL snatches $3.7 billion Exemplar Financial from Cetera

Recruiting effort is latest salvo in bitter rivalry between LPL and Cetera.

By Jeff Benjamin
LPL rolls back recruiting policy aimed at driving more assets to its corporate RIA
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 22, 2018
LPL rolls back recruiting policy aimed at driving more assets to its corporate RIA

LPL erases $50 million hurdle for new advisers to join so-called hybrid firms.

By Bruce Kelly
Goldman moves digital bank to wealth unit
FINTECH OCT 22, 2018
Goldman moves digital bank to wealth unit

Marcus, which makes personal loans online, will be pitched to the wealth management division's clients.

By Bloomberg
Don't be fooled by the numbers — the industry is in a dangerously vulnerable state
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 20, 2018
Don't be fooled by the numbers — the industry is in a dangerously vulnerable state

Last year's stock market gains helped advisers turn in solid growth in assets and revenue, but that growth could disappear in the next market downturn.

By Jeff Benjamin
Paul Allen's $26 billion estate could take years to unravel
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2018
Paul Allen's $26 billion estate could take years to unravel

Microsoft co-founder's holdings akin to 'a major corporation.'

By Bloomberg
LPL reels in $520 million team from rival Cambridge
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 18, 2018
LPL reels in $520 million team from rival Cambridge

LPL has been targeting teams from rivals throughout the year.

By Bruce Kelly