A gathering for LGBTQ advisors and allies the day before LPL's flagship Focus conference drew executives, big-name sponsors and a standing-room crowd. So Marci Bair and other organizers are planning a standalone event next spring.

Today is National 401(k) Day, and a perfect moment to revisit retirement plans. Advisors can use these five strategies — from IRA rollovers to next-gen outreach — to help clients optimize their savings.

Interactive Brokers, also known by its hot ticker symbol of IBKR, shares much more fee information than most custodians, without revealing much in the way of its scale among RIAs. Can it gain greater reach in a competitive channel?

Justin Duke's move from BNY Wealth to Simon Quick Advisors shows how higher fees, rising asset minimums and tighter client constraints are pushing some bank advisors toward RIAs.

A $5,000 scholarship from Cary Carbonaro and the CFP Board aims to help break financial barriers for women seeking to enter financial planning.

One year after $300M deal, referrals through Robinhood that put younger investors in the pipeline and an ongoing clearing relationship with Wells Fargo reflect how TradePMR is a growing rival to the giants of the custody channel.

Managed accounts are associated with higher employee contributions in defined-contribution retirement plans, the research firm found. Advisors working on employer plans might want to take note.

Some midsize firms joined three giants of the industry in surpassing their peers among independent brokerages, in terms of the percentage increase in their average payouts per financial advisor last year.

The proposed investment rules for Section 530A accounts, also known as Trump accounts, limit choices, and advisors say that could make decisions easier.

The largest firm in the independent brokerage channel is also the fastest growing. But the industry's rapid expansion alongside rising equity values over the past three years may be hiding some firms' vulnerabilities.

The 2025 tax law changed the factors involved in the decision to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth.

More than half of the independent brokerages participating in this year's IBD Elite study declined to disclose the share of women among financial advisors at their firms. Those that did provide data have done more to advance women than many of their rivals in the independent brokerage channel of wealth management.

As clients consider when to claim Social Security, an advisor proposed a strategy to maximize tax-free retirement income using certain benefits and senior deductions.

Recruiter Jeff Nash of Bridgemark Strategies created five calculator tools that aim to help financial advisors understand the key contributors to their revenue, expenses and take-home compensation as they weigh their potential next moves.

Seven federal agencies rescinded a 2022 guidance that encouraged creditors to offer special purpose credit programs to underserved communities.

In recent years, U.S. tuition costs and student debt have skyrocketed. A number of credit unions have stepped up to help their employees handle the bills.

In an age of employee burnout, credit unions stand out as places where workers are unusually satisfied with their jobs. Here are the best 70 to work for.

Press an "easy button" for an internal succession or go the harder, often more lucrative route of leaving an employee brokerage to sell an independent practice? A new report from one recruiting firm shows which lane most advisors choose.

Rick Simonetti knows it's not easy recruiting private bankers and then moving their clients and assets. That hasn't stopped him from building Fidelis Capital into a $3 billion firm built largely on bankers pulled from Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

A new guide from the CFP Board is meant to help advisors through offering 401(k) rollover recommendations, which can be a tricky area for compliance.