U.S. Representatives Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) reintroduced a bill this week that would allow small business owners to deduct up to $500,000 in office equipment, property, and computer software. While these levels were...

Merrill Lynch is rolling out a new training program for advisors to help them understand the needs of an aging population...

Raymond James sent notices to some of their advisors on Monday requiring them to give back fees they collected from selling a certain class of mutual fund in retirement accounts and charitable trusts...

As women make strides towards equality in the workforce, many are taking over as their household’s primary income earner. Eileen O’Connor, the managing principal and co-founder of Hemington Wealth Management, says this shift presents a...

Though the closure rate of FINRA-registered broker/dealers is slowing down, the number of firms is expected to decline from 4,154 at the end of last year to 3,800 by the end of 2016, said David Alsup, founder of Fishbowl Strategies. Regulatory an...

Many sources put the average number of M&A deals in the RIA industry at about 47 per year. It’s really more like 1,000, said Daniel Seivert, CEO and managing partner at ECHELON Partners, when the acquisition or merger of smaller firms...

TD Ameritrade Institutional rolled out a free internship and job search site on Thursday to help RIA firms attract and groom the next generation of advisors.  ...