Not unlike clients who come to advisors for a quick fix to their financial woes and expect unrealistic returns, advisors who turn to traditional marketing to get them past growth hurdles are destined for immense disappointment. 

These are the ways buyers and sellers commonly fall short when combining firms.

According to the commission, the duo claimed a "spiritual revelation" had yielded an algorithm for a high-yielding trading platform, but they were just two con men who met in prison.

Waiting for December to get serious about planning is stupid and dangerous.

The agency has continued to push back the resumption of physical arbitration and mediation proceedings because of COVID-19, though hearings can be held via teleconferencing or Zoom.

The time has come for goals-based financial planning technology to be more comprehensively interwoven with investment management.

Now is the time to double-up on your virtual events and start thinking about holding in-person ones later in the year.