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Plan advisers should stress the importance of communication and planning, signaling that retirement is a time of empowerment—not a dismal single life event.

Householder Group, a network of 40 independent hybrid advisory practices, joined LPL Financial’s suite of broker/dealer and registered investment adviser (RIA) custodial platforms.

The House voted Tuesday to pass the Retail Investor Protection Act, which would delay any fiduciary updates issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) or the Securities and...

An expanded third-party administrator (TPA) network is in the works for ASPire Financial Services LLC.

The Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. hopes to onboard independent third-party administrators (TPAs) through a new sales program offering exclusive territories and support tools.

As rising debt levels push aside retirement savings, access to financial education and advice may be part of the solution.

The complexity of alternative investments prevents many financial advisers from advocating their addition to client portfolios, despite the diversity and volatility advantages alternatives can confer.

Mutual of Omaha’s retirement plans division has added LPL Financial’s retirement advice and education solutions to its 401(k) products.

BNY Mellon and CIBC Mellon, the bank’s joint venture with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, have merged the firms’ respective securities lending desks.

WealthStation CompAct is SunGard’s financial planning tool that lets advisers produce results-based, holistic financial plans quickly, simply and interactively.

Investors who are younger and have less wealth are content with their financial advisers, but also quicker to leave them, according to Spectrem Group research.

A report from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) scrutinizes  conflicts of interest in the broker/dealer industry to highlight effective practices to eradicate such conflicts.

 Motivating someone to plan for an event that is years or even decades away is difficult.

More than nine in 10 small business leaders predict that their need for an outside financial adviser will increase or stay the same over the next several years,...

They have yet to get around to it. Some say they just do not need to. A substantial number of investors have not developed a financial plan, Nationwide...

Insurance and investment services provider Pacific Life unveiled a new strategy to educate financial advisers on opportunities and best practices for winning clients in the small to medium-sized...

Developing sophisticated segmentation and sales strategies is critical to growing business with registered investment advisers (RIAs), according to new research by kasina.

Financial reporting and benchmarking firm FRA PlanTools released an iPad app aimed at providing a fast and cost-effective way for plan advisers and sponsors to access and compare...

New fee transparency regulation, along with a number of widely publicized fee-related litigation cases, helped drive costs related to retirement investment account administration to record lows this year.

Asset management service provider BMO Global Asset Management established a new website aimed at organizing all of the investment, recordkeeping, trust and custody services offered by the firm.