First Republic Bank was shuttered by regulators early Monday, and all its deposits and most of its assets were acquired by JPMorgan. San Francisco-based First Republic was undone by low-rate mortgages it made to its wealthy customers as well as by the fallout from last month's banking crisis.

A Tik Tok trend is helping some consumers to save more and spend less.

Leaning into the technique and the technology that enables it at scale can differentiate a practice while driving better clients outcomes.

The troubled lender could fail, get rescued by the nation's largest banks or muddle through as a zombie bank. Federal regulators and the big banks will have to decide which is the least bad option.

America's youngest investors are far more confident and proactive about retirement planning than previous generations. What's their secret?

Treating the financial plan as an end product instead of a first chapter can impede portfolio performance and erode trust.

With trillions of dollars just sitting in accounts and earning nothing for clients, the industry veteran said cash presents a significant business opportunity for advisors.

Catchlight leaders say their tool can scale individualized engagement and overcome writer's block.

Social Security is complicated. Trying to make the most of it for a disabled child is even more so.

Along with co-founder Daniel Guillen, the 30-year veteran of the profession is building a firm that he says has given him his "second wind" for the future.

Cash sweeps are lucrative to brokerages and custodians, but not to clients. Here's what financial advisors should know about how they can get greater yield for clients' liquid assets.

Many advisors have clients who took out the forgivable loans. Some wealth management firms did the same. Three years after the government doled out more than $800 billion in mostly-free cash, here's what's happening.

Auto-enrollment is helping Gen Z Americans save much more actively than the 20-somethings of yesteryear.

In letters to the FTC, financial planners contend that noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions can leave them 'handcuffed' to bad firms.

Plus, SmartAsset Acquires DeftSales, Snappy Kraken Announces Collaboration with Morningstar and Skience unveils strategic planning for firms.

As giant institutional asset managers like BlackRock manage over $60 billion assets in ESG-focused funds, much smaller firms are targeting retail investors looking to create a socially impactful portfolio in local communities.

The advisor, firm founder and fintech CEO puts acting with a true sense of purpose at the heart of both his life philosophy and his business ethos philosophy. To make the industry better, he encourages fellow advisors to do the same.

While a securities-based loan is more commonly used to buy a fancy house or take a dream vacation, it's also an underused strategy for some affluent investors to pay large tax bills.

Though revenue growth remains a challenge, Citigroup is still committed to its global wealth management expansion plan, CEO Jane Fraser said Friday. Andy Sieg is joining the bank from Merrill Lynch in September as head of global wealth management.

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