The many technical skills and professional requirements get most of the attention. But experts say a transition also requires a great deal of time and other capabilities.

The emotionally and financially taxing process of a separation demands careful planning, multifaceted form-filing to the IRS and, probably, an advisor for each spouse.

The answer depends first and foremost on how much time financial advisors have for an emotionally and technically challenging process, experts said.

Independent firms are going beyond traditional wirehouse compensation packages to promote collective partnership and reward incoming teams.

The asset sales carry complexity requiring careful thought and expert advice, but they could prove beneficial to some wirehouse breakaways or RIA succession plans.

Experts say financial advisors and wealth management professionals can do a lot of good — and advance their businesses — by promoting financial literacy.

Bequests returning territorial assets to indigenous nations pose thorny questions for financial advisors and their clients, two experts tell FP.

Oden, head of U.S. wealth, private banking, asset management and premier banking at HSBC, was one of the first in the industry to build an online wealth management platform.

Avoiding fund distributions or using offsetting losses in any month can deliver big savings on payments to Uncle Sam at the end of the year, experts say.

More planners are dropping their FINRA registration but keeping some ties to independent wealth management firms once thought to be in a different channel.