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  • Practice and client management
    10 tips from expert dealmakers on navigating RIA M&A

    The marketplace for buyers and sellers is changing as advisory practices consider transactions that could alter their firms on a permanent basis.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 26
    Skyscrapers
  • Technology
    Using AI to recruit? You're legally responsible for the bot's bias, EEOC says

    An employment attorney shares how to make sure AI hiring tools follow policies and regulations.

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    By Paola Peralta
    Associate Editor
    June 26
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  • Credit cards
    Americans paid 14% more for financial services last year: Report

    Rising interest rates on loans, greater borrowing and higher fees on deposit accounts all contributed to the increase. "Altogether, this paints a picture of debt that could really start to strain the checkbooks of American families," said Meghan Greene, a researcher at the nonprofit organization that authored the report.

    By Orla McCaffrey
    Staff Writer
    June 25
    Credit cards.
  • Wealth Think Why passive CRE keeps working for wealthy clients in choppy markets

    Investors poured $700 billion into passive CRE last year — a trend that may continue even if a recession hits this year.

    June 24
    David Wieland
    David Wieland
    Realized
  • Estate planning
    Essential elements of a competitive wealth transfer offering

    Here's what firms can offer to keep multigenerational families loyal, according to industry experts and Arizent research.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    June 23
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  • Practice and client management
    Gay men as an advisory niche: RIA seeks to serve underrepresented clients

    30% of LGBTQ individuals report experiencing bias or discrimination when seeking out financial services.

    By Elijah Nicholson-Messmer
    Former Data Reporter
    June 23
    Christopher Johns, founder of Spark Wealth Advisors.
  • Financial wellness
    4 findings that reveal the financial state of Americans

    Northwestern Mutual surveyed 2,740 Americans on their expectations for the U.S. economy in 2023.

    By Deanna Cuadra
    Senior Reporter
    June 23
    A woman is frustrated at her desk.
  • Wealth Think Helping business-owner clients prepare for the '5 Ds'

    Divorce, disagreement, disability, distress or death are the leading cause of unplanned exits, depleting an entrepreneur of their hard-earned wealth.

    June 22
    Scott Snider
    Scott Snider
    Exit Planning Institute
  • Wealth management
    Godfathers, feeding tigers, à la carte: how RIAs can win UHNW clients

    The number of ultrarich families is growing, and so are their demands on advisors. Schwab moderated a panel on how RIAs can succeed with these clients.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    June 22
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  • Wealth management
    HNW clients want more online engagement and to leave the 'heavy lifting' to advisors

    A new study finds nearly one-third of Generation Z and young millennials check portfolio balances daily, but clients of all ages are logging on more often.

    By Justin L. Mack
    Former Wealthtech Reporter
    June 22
  • Practice and client management
    Why private equity capital will keep flowing to RIAs

    Despite macroeconomic challenges and a decade of record deal volumes, Cerulli Associates says the channel remains ripe for further investments.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 22
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  • Wealth management
    5 takeaways from Arizent's research on the great wealth transfer

    Although wealth management firms want to acquire clients for growth, they're missing a significant segment.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    June 21
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  • Retirement
    LGBTQ employees are heading for a 'retirement crisis'

    High debt, paired with persistent income inequality, has left LGBTQ employees unprepared for retirement.

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    By Alyssa Place
    Editor-in-chief
    June 20
  • Wealth management
    To win the great wealth transfer, financial advisors must be willing to reject old narratives

    For one expert, getting your piece of the $73 trillion wealth transfer pie will require a sound plan and a new attitude.

    By Justin L. Mack
    Former Wealthtech Reporter
    June 15
  • Practice and client management
    4 innovators on the changes shaping the future of wealth

    Journey Strategic Wealth President Penny Phillips and other speakers at FP's INVEST conference challenged the industry to think big about its mission.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 14
    Journey Strategic Wealth President Penny Phillips
  • Practice and client management
    Frequent flyers on Twitter are the most likely to provide bad financial advice

    Financial advisors say they can help combat the flow of misguided and misleading recommendations by posting more frequently and establishing more of a social media presence.

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    By Dan Shaw
    Reporter
    June 13
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  • Wealth Think Attention must be paid to these two business succession documents

    Ill-considered estate plans and buy/sell agreements can have a devastating impact on business continuity.

    June 13
    Jason Hemsley
    Jason Hemsley
    Gratus Capital
  • Practice and client management
    Where AI wins — and doesn't — in financial advisor technology

    Orion Chief Behavioral Officer Daniel Crosby and other experts explained the stakes and challenges facing advisory practices at FP's INVEST conference.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 13
    Orion Chief Behavioral Officer Daniel Crosby
  • Retirement
    Financial education can help employees keep their retirement savings intact

    Morgan Stanley at Work found that 66% of employees have scaled back retirement savings because of financial concerns.

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    By Alyssa Place
    Editor-in-chief
    June 13
  • Wealth management
    Citizens hires 50 ex-First Republic private bankers

    The additions allow the Rhode Island bank to expand its wealth management footprint along the East Coast and in San Francisco, where the recently shuttered First Republic was based.

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    By Jordan Stutts
    Reporter
    June 12
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CAN RIA GROWTH AND TRUE FIDUCIARY DUTY REALLY COEXIST?

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.

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