Portfolio

As the fee-based financial planning network adds more members and rolls out new services, some members raised questions about its ongoing business strategy.

In addition to launching an automated investing app, the bank created a dedicated advisor unit to provide personal service to customers when they need it.

Tech is making it easier for advisors to break away, but navigating the complex vendor landscape can be challenging, says the firm's director of RIA practice management.

NASAA’s annual survey of regulators sheds light on legal proceedings against BDs, RIAs and unregistered firms that often go unnoticed in the wider industry.

The independent broker-dealer has launched subsidiary Bluespring Wealth Partners, which promptly snapped up two practices with $550 million in client assets.

The wirehouse has experienced attrition while the regional BD has been on a hiring streak.

Narrowly focused investment strategies are a recipe for “feast or famine,” an analyst says.

The Phillips Curve is in doubt, the bond market is distorted and a tweet can shift the trajectory of global markets in a matter of seconds.

“As we’ve gone through various crises, we’ve still told clients to stay invested and not get out of U.S. equities, it’s too early,” said Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, CIO for Goldman’s Private Wealth Management.

“Impacted positions span all staffing grades, as well as organizations and locations across the company," the company says.