Portfolio

The term robo advisor is too broad to describe some of the new wave of digital wealth management companies, tech observers say.

Regulators at the SEC and FINRA are taking a hard look at how advisors and brokers are protecting digital systems. Here's how firms can respond.

Do mashups offer an new investing opportunities or just create financial mush?

Asset managers groaning under the weight of regulatory requirements scrambled to learn more about recent SEC proposals that would increase their data collection and reporting requirements about their holdings.

Welcome to the era of ETF mashups, whose issuers act like Dr. Frankenstein and combine popular strategies hoping the result will be greater than the sum of its parts.

There are some regulatory red flags that all advisors must pay attention to. But RIAs and brokers also face hurdles specific to their businesses when it comes to staying out of hot water.

Don't lose sight of what attracted them to you in the first place.

The industry's main lobbying group issued its own fiduciary proposal in an attempt to stave off efforts by the Labor Department to impose a rule separate from the SEC's efforts.

Regional broker-dealers like Stifel and Ameriprise have reported rising wealth management profits and client assets.

More seniors are using their retirement income to pay down their house debt, making them vulnerable to financial trouble once they run out of savings or suffer from an illness; Plus, why that 'guarantee' on your client's annuity might be a red flag.