The rule expands advisors’ abilities to recommend rollovers and receive many forms of compensation.
The CFP Board removed a website compensation search tool last spring.
Revamping your fee structure could be a relatively simple way to broaden your client base.
The chaos caused by Covid is causing some advisors to hesitate in making a switch, a Fidelity survey says.
What advisors can learn from the commission-free retail trading app targeting the smallest investors.
The CFP Board removed a website compensation search tool last spring.
UBS will increase fixed compensation for those it found were underpaid while reducing their variable pay.
The regulation requires advisors to “act in the best interest of the consumer when recommending or selling an annuity.”
The SEC will host a roundtable later this month to discuss problems with firms' Forms CRS.
Instead, it will focus its efforts on fiduciary regulation on the state level.
How do private companies motivate employees in both the short and long term?
The DOL's proposal brings its rule-making into line with the SEC's Reg BI.
Flat fees may help demonstrate the value of planning and expand advisors' client base.
The SEC says it's seeing widespread over-billing of advisory fees.
Understandably, RIA executives are asking how this year’s turmoil will affect their profitability and valuations.
It’s time to focus on what’s actually important to clients, and that’s likely not money.
The Covid crisis put a pause on broker-dealer recruiting, but a crisis always puts advisors in play.
The revisions bring the DOL rule in line with the SEC's Regulation Best Interest.
More technology and greater margin pressure are in the offing, says Boston Consulting Group.
Crises like the pandemic make us realize the importance of team morale.