Under the RIA hybrid model, a financial advisor is affiliated with a broker-dealer for their commissionable business and conducts fee-based business through an outside RIA. Maintaining a broker-dealer affiliation allows advisors to provide clients...

After months of legal wrangling, the CFP Board has released 300,000 pages of documents to investment advisors Jeffrey and Kimberly Camarda, who filed a lawsuit against the Board about a year ago. The Camardas first requested the documents in...

HighTower snagged its biggest wirehouse team yet on Monday. A team of four former Morgan Stanley advisors with $600 million in client assets joined the HighTower Network as Gryphon Financial Partners this week...

In our final installment we come to the ultimate conclusion - moving day. There are critical moments leading up to and on moving day. Whether it is passing everything through in house and external legal counsel or dealing with colleagues and...

Why does financial planning have a hard time gaining traction in higher education?

Throughout our “deal” discussion it has been clear that my principal advice has focused on your ability to professionally take control of the process. Presenting yourself and your practice in a positive light takes a bit of effort on...

A recent WealthManagement.com article (“Is the CFP Board Losing Credibility in the Eyes of Advisors?,” April 11) does not provide an objective or balanced report on the attitudes of CFP professionals or CFP Board. The article seems to...