At the request of members, the new plan for the Financial Planning Association's restructuring will allow chapters to maintain their legal status and autonomy.

There are five roles on the career path to becoming a financial planner: analyst, associate advisor, service advisor, lead advisor and partner, according to the CFP Board.

The brokerage industry loves Regulation Best Interest. Investors shouldn't.

The Global Wealth and Investment Management group's net income topped $1 billion in the first quarter.

Competition in asset management is putting pressure on revenue.

Steve Melen said his business approach was profoundly affected by his personal trials, including fighting back and overcoming a diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer in 2008.

A FINRA arbitrator found that a broker at RBC Capital Markets offered misleading information about the investments made on behalf of an 80-year-old retired secretary and ordered the firm to pay $50,000, plus interest.

The majority of clients are OK with the idea of connecting with their financial advisor on social media.

One analyst asked if the bank's Wealth and Investment Management unit, which continues to lose advisors, was up for sale.

Woodbridge's former owner and directors of investments were arrested, accused of orchestrating a far-reaching Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, most of whom were elderly.