After the 2008 financial crisis, more advisors began to embrace independence, especially as some of the big names in the brokerage business were in the headlines for mergers, bailouts and Congressional hearings. Many clients recognized that their...

The new standard for advisors to retirement accounts will have dramatic consequences for advisors, not least on the initial decision whether to roll over a 401(k) plan into an IRA. 

Working with foreign nationals residing in the U.S. is a potentially lucrative market, but there's a steep learning curve

Are high-yield bonds in a bubble? Or will debt on the iffier end of the credit spectrum be propped up by an improving economy?

State universities are competing aggressively for the children of your affluent clients. 

Oechsli Institute research has uncovered some large perception gaps between advisors and affluent clients. Here are a few. 

Three years ago, state examiners supplanted the SEC as overseers for thousands of mid-level RIAs, prompting dire warnings of death by inept bureaucracy. What actually happened? These advisors lived to tell the tale. 

The independent channel is still the fastest growing advisory model, a trend that should continue despite the rise of robo-assisted, do-it-yourself investors.

Consider this: You’re a long-tenured, top advisor at the same firm for most of your career, and you’re looking to work another five years or so. Some initial introspection is telling you that where you are now may not be where you want...