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A note by Morningstar DBRS analysts warned of the risks working against big RIA aggregators' success in consolidating a fragmented channel of the industry so rapidly.

Starting your own RIA can be emotionally taxing and require extensive work — and it comes with some surprises. Here's what founders said caught them off guard when launching their own firms.

Clients may be wary of younger financial advisors, but firms can build strategies to allay those concerns and foster their talent.

A value resurgence will overtake growth-stock dominance — the catalysts are already in motion, says Bernard Horn of Polaris Capital Management.

The big moves hit the Swiss firm as it continues to lose advisors on a net basis — though now it's reportedly sweetening its recruiting offers.

As funding questions persist for Social Security and Medicare Part A, speakers at the recent AICPA conference discussed how advisors can guide clients through complex benefit rules and options.

Difficult personal experiences led the founder of virtual firm YGC Wealth to become the first strategic advisor to BestFarewell, a technology start-up that aims to help grieving families process and organize end-of-life planning documents.

If you have clients with college-age children earning money from their name, image and likeness, are they responsible enough to handle it and protect it?

Despite predictions of mass white-collar job losses from AI, two major firms have chosen the "human plus AI" approach.