But even as many firms' tech budgets are likely to increase, experts say carefully spending that money to increase efficiency will be paramount to maintaining a nimble tech stack.

Experts in the finance and wealth management industries say AI saves time and helps synthesize large amounts of data, but technical and ethical limitations remain.

From trending independence to the rise in AI in wealth management, these stories and series dove deep on issues of utmost importance to financial advisors in 2024.

AI-driven faux-emotional chatbots pose existential questions about the future of human financial advisors.

Trust, or the lack thereof, was one of the overarching themes of artificial intelligence in the wealth management industry this year.

All these topics and more were the subject of the recent webinar, "Morningstar's 2025 Outlook: Investment Strategies for the Year Ahead."

LPL's financial professionals now have access to a vetted package of AI-powered tools for their practices.

Firms need the latest artificial intelligence-driven tools to capture the great wealth transfer's digital-first prospect base — but also the skillsets to effectively use them.

The Zeplyn Meeting Assistant takes unstructured conversational data and turns it into notes.

Michael Kitces recently warned advisors about AI developers who promise their decision-making algorithm can beat the market. Software providers disagree, arguing advisors will one day need such AI tools.