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  • Diversity and equality
    Why DEI is particularly important in wealth management

    Wealth managers are increasingly pledging to address diversity, equity and inclusion in their businesses.

    By Stewart Bowling
    Editor, Growth Content
    April 4
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  • Retirement
    Social Security's new insolvency date on collision course with retiring boomers

    The old-age insurance program is on course to go bust in the early 2030s, right when the last of the boomer generation will reach retirement age.

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    April 3
  • Regulation and compliance
    Mind the SPACs: Insider trading scheme shows need for monitoring employee chats

    The SEC and DOJ accused a New Jersey-based broker of using insider knowledge to make more than $3.4 million from a scheme involving special purpose acquisition companies.

    Dan Shaw
    By Dan Shaw
    Reporter
    April 3
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  • Wealth management
    Gen Z and investing: a field guide for wealth advisors — and a warning

    Some 70 million Americans born after 1996 stand to inherit huge sums of money in the coming decades. But they think about investments, saving and spending in ways often unfamiliar.

    By Lynnley Browning
    Managing Editor
    April 3
    The oldest members of the cohort are now 26 and represent the future of wealth management's client base. So why are so many financial advisory firms behind the curve in understanding how they think?
  • Tax
    Tax strategies, pitfalls and tips financial advisors should know this filing season

    Avoiding common mistakes when filing returns for wealthy clients and exploring Roth IRA conversions are among the key considerations for advisors and accountants this tax season.

    By Courtney Hoff Dockerty
    Writer, Growth Content
    April 3
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  • Retirement
    The 4 expenses retirees most underestimate, and how advisors can help

    From home repairs to transportation, here's what seniors spend more on than they expect.

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    April 2
  • Industry News
    Merrill keeps retiring private wealth head on board after leader Sieg jumps to Citigroup

    Plaus had planned to leave the bank after March 31. But Merrill head Andy Sieg's sudden departure for Citigroup triggered an executive shuffle.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    April 1
  • Wealth management
    This bank hired a hotel consultant to attract wealthy clients

    Peapack-Gladstone Financial CEO Doug Kennedy is betting that giving his workforce the same hospitality training hotel employees receive will lead to better customer service and a healthier bottom line.

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    By John Reosti
    Reporter
    March 31
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  • Wealth Think Toward a 'platform mindset': 3 foundational wealth management tech trends

    Personalization, customization, flexibility and adaptability are the goals, writes the technology director at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.

    March 30
    Ranjit S. Samra
    Ranjit S. Samra
    J.P. Morgan Wealth Management
  • Industry News
    Andy Sieg out at Merrill, returns to Citi

    In a sudden shift, Merrill's leader of the past six years is heading back to rival Citi, where he will be head of global wealth and drive its expansion.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    March 30
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  • Wealth management
    From vintage cars to dinosaur fossils: the most popular assets to "own" through fractional shares

    Collectibles worth up to millions of dollars are securitized into thousands of shares that trade for as little as $10 a pop.

    By Érica Carnevalli
    Spring Reporting Associate
    March 30
  • Tax
    TikTok is spreading tax myths

    With input from tax influencers, a Keeper report discusses five enduring Tiktok myths about personal finances.

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    By Juliette Gaudemer
    Senior Reporter
    March 30
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  • Regulation and compliance
    Marketing trap: SEC warns new advisors of their compliance shortcomings

    Compliance experts say financial advisors who boast publicly about their investment prowess should make sure they have support for their claims.

    Dan Shaw
    By Dan Shaw
    Reporter
    March 29
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  • Wealth Think From managing tenants to managing wealth: Helping clients 'retire' from active to passive real estate investing

    For clients who own investment properties, there are options that can make life easier.

    March 29
    David Wieland
    David Wieland
    Realized
  • Practice and client management
    5 graphs showing the pros and cons of RIA growth

    In the latest Independent Advisor Outlook survey from Charles Schwab, financial advisors shared the advantages and pitfalls of the industry's record RIA expansion.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    March 29
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  • Wealth management
    Not just for the uber wealthy: Alts are also for regular rich folks, report says

    Wealthy individuals, not institutional investors, will drive money into alternative assets, data provider Preqin says in a new study.

    By Lynnley Browning
    Managing Editor
    March 28
    A new study underscores a major shift in which well-heeled individual investors are flooding into private investments, not public stocks or funds.
  • Wealth management
    Women fund managers outperform their male peers, yet comprise fewer than 1 in 8 in the industry. Why?

    Only 13% of 242 active manager portfolios across the world had a woman as lead or co-lead in 2022, according to new research. The number has hardly changed over the past two decades.

    By Érica Carnevalli
    Spring Reporting Associate
    March 28
    Fund managers are overwhelmingly male, yet women make more money for their investors. It's a persistent fact of the financial services industry. Here's why.
  • Industry News
    Fastest-growing U.S. racial-ethnic group has been underserved by wealth management: Merrill study

    Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have unique planning needs that aren't always met in the industry.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    March 27
  • Retirement
    Ask an advisor: My clients think America has no future. What do I tell them?

    A financial planner's clients doubt they'll ever retire. How can he get them to save anyway?

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    March 27
  • Financial wellness
    Women rely on each other for career and financial advice

    As their financial confidence grows, women want to help others succeed, too.

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    By Alyssa Place
    Editor-in-chief
    March 27
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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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