Industry

Firms need the latest artificial intelligence-driven tools to capture the great wealth transfer's digital-first prospect base — but also the skillsets to effectively use them.

Experts say this acquisition will have far-reaching effects on the entire wealth management industry as a generational shift is underway.

Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

Robinhood Markets agreed to buy TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for registered investment advisors, as the online brokerage seeks to target a wider swath of wealthier investors.

Jed Finn says the firm's wealth unit could easily meet its operating margin goals if it simply stopped spending money to support advisors. But it's not about to do that.

More planners are dropping their FINRA registration but keeping some ties to independent wealth management firms once thought to be in a different channel.

Nicholas Takahashi and his team are accused of deliberately trying to poach the clients of a former colleague managing hundreds of millions in assets and producing more than $1 million a year in revenue.

Morgan Stanley and Edward Jones meanwhile are giving their advisors new stomping ground in midtown Manhattan offices.

Consolidation may be a prevailing industry trend. But the founders of a Chicago-based RIA see no reason to join a large aggregator.

There's financial outlay and risk, but the rewards of investing in a well-run, growth-minded advisory firm can be huge.