Financial advisors report a variety of pros and cons with either setup, and experts say the decision comes down to highly particular factors at each advisory practice.

A consulting firm's report on the future of the channel reveals the ambivalence and frustration many feel about the impact of M&A consolidation.

Other than satisfying important regulatory requirements, RIAs and their clients can exercise a lot of choice on costs. Here's how experts view the process.

While the advantages to the parents often receive the most attention, a summer job could pay literal dividends to the children, experts say.

They must file the lengthy and highly specific Form ADV document with the SEC and state-level agencies. And that's just one aspect of the many strategic decisions.

The flow of financial advisors to the independent channels is certainly accelerating. But the traditional brokerage giants still offer advantages for some teams.

That giant question could bring any number of different answers based on a variety of factors. Here's how four experts break it down.

Despite the notable flows and valuations, some sellers get locked into an ill-fitting parent firm without many options for getting away.

The numbers on fraud, long-term care costs and aging in America are daunting. Here's how financial planners can help clients prepare.

For many firms, looming advisor retirements and the need to retain client households through the next generations will create difficult problems.

PE funds have outperformed stocks over the past five, 10 and 25 years. But not in three of the past four. Here are some of the key caveats to the appeal of PE.

The headache of filing dozens of state or international returns due to the so-called jock tax comes with opportunities to tap into savings, experts say.

The structure has been delivering tax savings to advisory practices and other professional services firms for decades. But experts say sometimes it's not the best fit.

An investor who began his career at Ameriprise collected profiles of professionals from an array of fields whose achievements point the way forward.

The M&A flow may suggest that only the giants of wealth management will be able to navigate the business, but that dominating narrative is wrong.

The wrong asset location could defeat the whole purpose of the strategy, according to a new study on Treasury inflation-protected securities.

Acronyms like CRT, CRAT, CRUT and NICRUT could have many clients' heads spinning. Here's a guide to the key pros and cons for financial advisors to consider.

SmartAsset analyzed the significance of the state-by-state figures on certificants, although some experts say geographic strategies are missing the bigger picture.

Location plays a crucial role in growth and advisory practice valuations — just not in a simple map focusing on the largest cities with the most wealthy people.

Financial advisors and other industry professionals will be integral in boosting those generations' nest eggs by double digits through a Secure 2.0 provision.