Despite increasing turmoil around the world, high-net-worth investors in the U.S. remained confident in the economy and the stock market, according to Phoenix Marketing International’s latest tracking survey.

Just two months after it announced the acquisition of three RIAs with $2.2 billion in combined assets, United Capital said today it has bought another practice, Vantage Point Advisors.

Securities America is just the latest broker/dealer to face financial distress. With so many firms falling into financial or legal hot water lately, financial advisors need to be prepared for the worst. Here’s a checklist for your Plan B.

Wealth managers with family business owners for clients may want to prepare for some rough transitions ahead. A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of more than 1,600 family-owned or managed businesses around the world found that 27 percent...

Social media may be all the rage, but traditional media plays a more important role in wealth managers’ marketing plans for high net worth clients

A U.S. District Court judge denied Securities America’s request Friday to bundle several arbitration claims and class action lawsuits into one $21 million settlement agreement related to allegedly fraudulent private placements sold by the...

The Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE:SCHW) said today it will pay about $1 billion in stock for optionsXpress Holdings (NASDAQ-GS:OXPS), the retail online brokerage business, in a deal it expects to close in the third quarter. The deal will give Schwab...

Should you pay attention to Morningstar’s star ratings? No, say a growing number of advisors. The stars are based on risk-adjusted past performance, and the past doesn’t necessarily predict the future, the advisors say. Instead of...

Securities America will face a federal court judge Friday to decide whether the independent broker/dealer gets preliminary approval for a $21 million settlement agreement related to allegedly fraudulent private placements sold by the company. Firm...