Pressed to fill its CEO position more quickly than it expected, the Financial Planning Association looked internally and went with Chief Operating Officer Lauren M. Schadle, a move that the board president says will allow the group to continue...

Feeling under the gun? Here’s how one advisor network helped its members to learn how to breathe again.

PIMCO’s Total Return ETF has proven the skeptics wrong and outperformed the flagship fund that shares its strategy.

It’s become increasingly difficult for small broker/dealers to break into the business, as regulations increase.

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Ron Rhoades’ decision to step down as chair-elect of NAPFA may have been inevitable, but industry observers view his compliance error as a relatively minor mistake.

Amid the summer doldrums, twelve industry big wigs have signed a letter calling for Congress, the SEC, and the DOL to extend the fiduciary standard to those who give investment advice. But will their effort pay off?

What better place than Florida, the retirement capital of the world, to see how registered reps can screw up selling something like life insurance. Take the case of the Poughkeepsie, N.Y. brokerage firm, Prime Capital Services Inc. and its f...

Many parents will go to great lengths to send to their children to their dream schools, but it’s not always the best financial decision.

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