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    Wealth managers embrace AI, machine learning faster than other financial services firms

    A new Arizent study finds that the wealth management industry is deploying AI tools in a significant number of cases at a rate three times higher than those in banking, and even higher when compared to mortgage and insurance.

    By Justin L. Mack
    August 6
    Crypto traders brokers stock exchange investors analyzing trading charts.
  • Wealth management
    Millennials should consider Roth IRAs over 529 plans for college

    A columnist makes the case, with caveats, for tapping certain retirement accounts rather than the traditional savings plans.

    By Erin Lowry
    August 5
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  • Retirement
    The problem with your retirement plan's target date funds

    TDFs have successfully nudged more Americans into the stock market, Allison Schrager writes, but they also have a major weakness that inflation is bringing to light.

    By Allison Schrager
    August 4
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  • Wealth Think Fearful clients? Teach them to embrace risk

    In down markets, "wrapping risk" is a strategy that itself can be risky if it stunts a portfolio's growth in the run-up to retirement.

    August 2
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  • Investment strategies
    Investing experts weigh in on the 'active vs passive' debate

    The "set it and forget it" approach has gained popularity in recent years, but a more active approach has its advantages in a volatile market. Here's the case for each.

    By Kristine Owram and Claire Ballentine
    August 2
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  • Tax
    Yoga pose or killer tax strategy? The discreet charms of a reverse rollover

    An obscure retirement and estate planning technique holds added benefits amid tighter rules on inherited IRAs.

    By Lynnley Browning
    August 2
    A reverse rollover with an IRA has several tax benefits.
  • Retirement
    Adult children may be sapping their parents' retirement funds

    Forty percent of parents are supporting an adult child who is living at home, and the financial strain is impacting their own goals for the future.

    By Alyssa Place
    August 2
  • Practice management
    6 ways for advisors to evolve a client-focused business strategy

    Customer experience has become integral during the pandemic and now underpins many strategic initiatives of wealth managers.

    By Stewart Bowling
    August 1
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  • Investment strategies
    Advisors should talk to serious couples about spousal IRAs

    A spousal IRA offers a way to stay on track for a healthy retirement. Yet many people don’t know it exists.

    By Erin Lowry
    July 29
  • Portfolio management
    How 5 advisors are tackling recession news

    The latest data on contracting economic growth means a recession in popular terms, but not in official ones.

    By Lynnley Browning
    July 28
    It may not be official, but the word “recession” has lodged itself into the brains of financial planners and investors.
  • Investment strategies
    Lessons learned: what financial advisors can take from history's worst economic fiascos

    Each major crisis in recent history had unique characteristics that made it particularly painful. But each also offered lessons and opportunities.

    By Charlie Wells and Claire Ballentine
    July 28
  • Consumer banking
    How Goldman Sachs plans to conquer the mass affluent space

    Following another strong quarter for wealth management, here's what Goldman Sachs will do next in its hunt for the almost wealthy, and why it matters.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    July 28
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  • Practice and client management
    5 tips for advisors preparing for the CFP exam

    The CFP exam is no cakewalk. Here are practical tips from the pros on how to clear the career hurdle.

    By Justin L. Mack
    July 27
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  • Regulation and compliance
    SEC tip line was meant to stop another Madoff. Is it working?

    After Bernie Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme, Congress formed a whistleblower program to prevent future scams. Now critics say the program itself has become "secretive and out of control."

    By John Holland
    July 27
    Victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme have so far received roughly $1.2 billion, a decade after the collapse of his Manhattan-based Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
  • Wealth management
    New single-stock ETFs are ‘recipe for disaster,’ experts say

    The SEC is issuing stark warnings about the funds, even though it approved them for investors.

    By Claire Ballentine
    July 27
    Critics of single-stock ETFs argue that the risky products will get love from Reddit enthusiasts.
  • ESG
    A ‘controversial’ way to weed out ESG offenders

    New research from Moody’s Analytics finds that the number of ESG-related controversies is on the rise.

    By Tim Quinson
    July 27
  • Tax
    Why tax-loss harvesting during down markets isn’t always a good idea

    The long-term effects of harvesting losses can sometimes be worse for the client than doing nothing.

    By Ben Henry-Moreland
    July 26
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  • Retirement
    How advisors can help older clients recover from scams

    When an elderly person is scammed, a new study shows, many Americans blame the victim. Advisors can help break that habit.

    By Nathan Place
    July 26
  • Practice and client management
    Evaluating client risk: 9 takeaways for advisors

    Rising inflation and heightened market volatility have many clients rethinking risk tolerance.

    By Courtney Hoff Dockerty
    July 26
  • Industry News
    The coveted 'O' word for advisors (no Wall Street boosts needed)

    A prized measure of performance — organic growth — is increasing for top-performing firms, Schwab’s latest benchmarking study shows

    By Lynnley Browning
    July 25
    Advisory firms that grow without the support of strong markets or the boost of an acquisition — "swimmies" — show stronger overall performance, according to Schwab Advisor Services.
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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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