Sean Allocca

The popularity of mobile-first investment apps will help automated advice mature, researchers predict.

The milestone cements the dominance achieved by large institutions in the online space.

The deal marks the largest acquisition for the firm year to date.

Future disruptive technologies might stem from deeper thinking about what motivates clients to invest.

Advisors are jumping to firms with established infrastructure.

The seven new hires joined both the independent and employee channels.

Digital advice is vulnerable to bait-and-switch and choice manipulation schemes.

It’s a great way to reach out, and who knows, your card might be on the mantle place should a prospect visit a client’s home.

The beleaguered wirehouse has suffered from advisor attrition this year.

The top advisor this year, Brock Kidd from Pinnacle Bank, focuses on well-heeled clients and many of Nashville’s high-profile musicians.

The brokerage firm says reimbursements will be evaluated on a “case-by-case basis.”

The Stock Protection Fund is intended to help clients in very specific circumstances.

The move occurred just days before UBS said it would exit the Broker Protocol.

The robo advisor adds a longstanding tax strategy to its offerings.

The moves comes amid uncertainty about the future of the Broker Protocol.

Upgraded portfolios and easier onboarding processes have helped, but more needs to be done, advisors say.

Striking the right balance between humans and technology has become the holy grail for early adopters.

A Michigan CFP is deluged after a Trump aide with the same name pleads guilty as part of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Susan Axelrod will leave the self-regulator after 28 years on the job.

The new hires are all industry veterans, two of whom have more than three decades of experience each.