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The Financial Planning Association is supportive of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary proposal, but the organization said Tuesday that doesn’t mean it thinks the rules is perfect...
Over two-thirds of financial advisors have encountered financial fraud among their elderly clients at least a few times a year, but only about 5 percent say the fraud has caused a substantial financial impact.
Instead, it’s the emotional toll ...
Retirement planning is still proving to be a widespread problem for most Americans, according to the results of a Personal Capital study conducted by Harris Poll. Nearly one-third (32 percent) of employed adults reported not having saved a...
Registered investment advisors operating as financial planners do more for their clients than those that just focus on asset management, but earn less.
According to recent research by Cerulli Associates, financial planners—those 4,041 firms pr...
The industry needs a few good men (and women).
Almost three quarters of broker/dealer and RIA firm executives feel there is an advisor talent shortage, according to a recent poll by Fidelity Investments. But they’re not changing how they r...
A good role model. | Fuse/Thinkstock
Mothers who work outside the home may be stressed out, but they are raising more successful daughters. According to a new study from Harvard Business School professor Kathleen McGinn, the daughters of w...
Out of our cold, dead hands. | Copyright Melanie Conner, Getty Images
The bond between a professional advisor and his clients is not easily broken. In fact, most consumers would rather give up their smartphone, favorite dessert or coffee t...
North America is still the largest and most developed wealth market in the world, with wealth growing 5.6 percent in 2014, according to the Boston Consulting Group’s 2015 Global Wealth Study. But most of that growth was due to market appreciation...
Fee-based? That's a lie. | jesadaphorn/iStock/Thinkstock
Advisors should never use the term “fee-based” to describe their business. Writing on his Scholarly Financial Planner blog, Ron Rhoades outlines the narrow scope in which advisors ca...
