Diana Britton

Nearly a third of advisors plan to buy another practice in the next one to five years

While alternative mutual funds had record inflows and the largest number of fund launches last year, the top reason keeping advisors from investing in the asset class is fees, a Morningstar and Barron’s survey found...

Independent broker/dealer LPL Financial is expanding its foothold in the retirement plan consulting space, with a new deal to recruit the advisors from San Rafael, Calif.-based Financial Telesis, which has about 400...

Online broker TradeKing is launching an online advice platform called TradeKing Advisors. The platform will offer 10 different investment portfolios that will be managed by Ibbotson Associates, which is part of...

New rules released today would make it possible to access longevity annuities in retirement plans without being subject to required minimum distribution regulations. But will it get buy-in?

How Brian Hamburger became the man behind the curtain in almost every major breakaway deal and helped define the industry