Practice

Capping a flurry of new feature announcements, the Silicon Valley-based robo advisor unveiled a no-cost advice offering.

The proposed rule from the Labor Department would allow small companies with a common owner or those in the same trade group to band together and create multiemployer plans.

The inaugural event builds on mounting industry interest in improving its historically dismal record on growing the ranks of minorities and women in wealth management.

This quarter the firm brought on 14 new advisors, who advised more than $1.1 billion in client assets at their former firms.

Artificial intelligence is among three themes rapidly shaping development of advisor technology, said firms gathered at the T3 Enterprise conference.

For advisors that make a claim of misconduct the deck appears stacked in favor of the employers.

The No. 1 IBD added a practice with $520 million in client assets from rival Cambridge before walking back a new policy that has resulted in departures.

The partnership with Intuit allows clients to autofill information from TurboTax filings.

Clients nearing retirement should consider standard and itemized deductions and choose the option that will generate the bigger savings.

Military families can use one of these provisions to seriously cut their tax burden. Plus, can clients make an IRA contribution on behalf of a deceased person?