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Heirs and their financial advisors should start figuring out how to minimize the tax impact of the end of the so-called stretch strategy, experts said.

The wealth management giant questions if there has ever been so large a civil sanction handed down in response to "negligent mistakes" made in an attempt to comply with "unwritten rules."

Fears — including running afoul of regulators or garnering ego-crushing reviews — have kept advisors behind the curve of an already ubiquitous marketing practice. Here's how advisors can play catch-up.

Canned content can keep clients from reaching "FinCon 1" when something like Monday's market downturn can set them on edge. Here's how to plan it.

Mutual funds are losing assets, while ETFs are gaining them. Here's a look at how a pioneering firm has adjusted to a difficult environment in recent years.

Researchers wonder if similar regulatory attention could eventually hit the bottom lines of independent broker-dealers and RIAs.

Here's how financial advisors recommend helping a client who feels in danger of losing their sense of purpose or identity when entering retirement.

The planning strategies for large individual equity holdings pose tax, investment and behavioral questions for financial advisors and their customers.

The firms acknowledge on social media that they are responding to technical difficulties.

The soliciations can be made only to clients who have a net worth of at least $1.5 million, high risk tolerance and the intention to invest in speculative assets.