Portfolio

The wirehouse is also tweaking pay related to cash solutions for clients.

Clients have been jolted into engaging with their total wealth, not just their money, says UBS’s Ultra High Net Worth and Private Wealth Management Americas head John Mathews.

The Boston-based boutique oversees the assets of roughly 140 full- service clients and 800 individual households.

The custodian is upping the number of scholarships set aside for women and people of color.

While broadening stock-market gains may one day provide more fertile ground for picking equities, right now fundamental managers are struggling.

Orion, Riskalyze and AdvisorPeak hope to offer a replacement to TradeWarrior, which will close on Dec. 31.

As it does with savings, the app's algorithm calculates how much users can siphon off their earnings into retirement without missing the funds.

More clients are also looking for financial advice within the custodian’s retail channel, which offers a robo advisor and full-service wealth management arm.

In two recent moves, the firm promoted one of its own to regional director and lured another back from AllianceBernstein.

Global equities notched their largest monthly gain since at least 1988, while multiple major benchmarks are at or near all-time highs.