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Getting over the mental block toward adoption is part of the challenge in keeping your practice tech-savvy, says Eric Kies, chief compliance officer at Moline, Ill.-based The Planning Center.

Blog: Offering a human touch is actually easier with the newest wealth management technology, says Min Zhang of Totum Wealth.

In certain circumstances, a Roth IRA conversion can incur an immediate tax liability – but, fortunately, the decision to a conversion doesn't have to be all or none. A partial Roth conversion is not only permissible – in practice it's often the optimal strategy.

Six executives were recently tapped to lead wealth management and related investment services groups at Associated Bank, BMO Delaware Trust, BNY Mellon, PNC Bank and U.S. Bank. Find out who they are and what their new roles entail.

Here are numbers 11 to 25 in On Wall Street's annual ranking of elite young producers at the regional broker-dealers.

Retirement savers looking to recoup 401(k) assets left with a former employer whose contact information they do not have can use the National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits; Plus, do-it-yourself retirement planning for the self-employed.

Sargent Bickham Lagudis has assumed the name of the smaller firm, Colorado Financial Management.

In 2015, lower-paid plan participants contributed an average of 5.8% of their salary into their 401(k) plan, while higher-paid participants contributed an average of 6.9% of their salary to their workplace retirement plan.

Investors pulled more than $2.1 billion out of U.S. ETFs that invest in emerging markets last week, the most since August. China and Hong Kong led the losses.

The independent firm founded by several former wirehouse managers picked up two recruits who generated $1.5 million in annual production.