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Most advisors said they see AI helping streamline internal workflow functions, but very few trust it to make financial decisions.

A newly proposed rule would require firms to verify customers' ID information and check it against government lists of terrorists and criminals.

There's a difference between advising a client on a decision and making the decision for them. What happens when the client demands the latter?

To remain successful in the workforce of the future, advisors will need to adapt and evolve to find new growth and meet clients' needs.

The mammoth coup far outpaces other recruiting deals of recent memory.

Despite the apparent decline, the independent broker-dealer giant remains one of the leaders in advisor recruiting and merger and acquisition deals.

Many factors can influence the timing of a person's retirement, but new research shows nothing comes close to health problems.

Only 46% of Americans now say they expect to work full-time after age 62 — the lowest percentage in a decade.

More than a third of financial advisors will retire in the next decade in a profession in which nearly 3 out of 4 rookies fail to make the grade, creating a headcount problem for the industry.

The plan comes as part of CEO Ermotti's goal of narrowing the distance between his firm and its U.S. wealth management rivals.