RIAs

A proposal is meant to ensure advisors can trade client assets on a discretionary basis without triggering onerous custody requirements, while also giving them a self-custody option for crypto.

The second-largest asset custodian tilts its policies toward larger firms as commission-free trading continues to eat into its business safeguarding client assets.

Advisory practice sellers frequently wish they had taken more time for important strategic tasks before the deal, David Grau of Succession Resource Group says. He provided a list explaining why the timeline will take longer than many sellers may think.

CD Valet has as many as 200,000 savers visiting its site every month looking for the best deals on certificates of deposit. It's betting they would make a perfect fit for advisors eager for new clients.

The trends of big profits, consolidation and slow organic growth are creating a lot of contradictions with the pay of financial advisors and other RIA staff members, according to The Ensemble Practice's annual tracking study.

Betterment Advisor Solutions, formerly Betterment for Advisors and Betterment Institutional, is changing its platform fees into a tiered rate that begins at 0.20% for advisory practices with less than $10 million in the business, Betterment CEO Sarah Levy says.

As AI threatens firms' lucrative business managing uninvested cash, Schwab gives its RIA partners a new way to keep clients' cash holdings sticky.

Valuation expert David DeVoe says he thinks the falling deal numbers are less of a reflection of waning demand and more of general economic concerns.

Recent tax law changes are prompting businesses to rethink entity structures. Here's what financial advisors need to know when guiding clients or making decisions about their own RIAs.