For advisors pondering whether the certified financial planner designation is worth the time and expense to obtain, a new report by Aite Group in Boston suggests the answer is yes...
The tougher realities facing financial advisors four years after the crash are taking a toll, new data from Cerulli Associates shows. The total number of advisors across all channels dropped 2.3 percent last year to 316,000, with the independe...
While most insurance firms have been selling off their broker/dealer subsidiaries, AIG has reportedly emerged as the most likely buyer of Woodbury Financial Services. But reactions to the potential deal were mixed.
Advisor count continued to rise at Ameriprise Financial in the second quarter although productivity notched lower due to market volatility that hurt trading, the firm said today...