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Clients can consider gifting up to $14,000 to as many individuals each year before gift taxes kick in.

Following the most recent hacking incident in the financial industry, technology experts weigh in on what this means for wealth managers.

But watch out for the pitfalls of this common end-of-year-practice.

Clients should consider spreading out transfers over their lifetime to lower tax liabilities.

Low-cost competition will force fee-based advisors to restructure how they are compensated, said Brian Leitner, senior vice president of practice management at Mariner Wealth Advisors.

Debate over the role of robo advice turns on whether DIY millennials are a market worth chasing.

"We can shuffle women from one firm to the next all day long, but we're still going to be at that 15%," says Michelle Lynch, director of Raymond James' Network for Women Advisors.

One inevitable change caused by low-cost, online competition is how advisors will structure their compensation, said Brian Leitner, senior vice president of practice management at Mariner Wealth Advisors.

CSOP Asset Management lowered the fee on its first U.S. exchange-traded fund tracking Chinese stocks and plans to start two ETFs after an equity rout wiped out $5 trillion in market value.

But watch out for the pitfalls of this common end-of-year-practice.