One of the most challenging conversations for a financial advisor is getting a married couple to agree on a financial plan. Husband and wife may have very different views on risk, as well as spending and saving priorities.

Many of your retiring boomer clients are dismayed to finally reach financial independence, only to find themselves spending valuable time and money supporting and caring for one (or two, or more) of their elderly parents...

Two years after many of Wall Street’s biggest banks nearly collapsed in the subprime crisis, half or more of individual investors do not trust financial services firms and brokerages, according to a report released Wednesday. And yet...

For many years, Registered Rep. has conducted a research study comparing how advisors at various wirehouses rate their firms. During that time, we have received numerous requests to offer the same opportunity to independent financial advisors. It...

PriceMetrix Chief Executive Doug Trott has a message for fee-based advisors: think about charging more. The Toronto-based practice management and software business says it’s seeing growth among its fee-based clients but that pricing is under...

Advisors who hopscotch across their territories visiting clients now have mobile access to client files and financials on their iPhones (Nasdaq: AAPL) — at least those who custody with Fidelity.

RIAs have long avoided variable annuities like they were bad breath. But LPL Financial (NASDAQ: LPLA), among others, is trying to change that with its new fee-based variable annuity platform. The insurance carriers on the new LPL platform (and...

Fort Lauderdale: “We’re considering integrating social media into our marketing plan,” Joseph started out saying. Then he backtracked—“Yet, all we hear about it is what we can’t do from a compliance perspective. What is the benefit of even getting...