Finance

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

The dilemmas from data, client demand and recruiting could provide opportunities for upstarts. Here's how wealth and asset management firms are responding.

In an earnings call, LPL's CEO said his efforts to woo Commonwealth advisors have extended to a "rain-soaked" bike ride and wine-tasting tour.

The bucketing approach to retirement planning is popular in part for its behavioral benefits, but financial advisors say there are alternative strategies that may be better solutions.

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.

CEO Tony Miller thinks the financial backing Janney draws from the private equity firm KKR allows it to provide a full gamut of advisor support without losing its intimate feel.

In speeches at the CFA Institute LIVE conference, experts pointed to the importance of financial advisors and other industry experts in the present circumstances.

Could an economic downturn slow the industry's record-setting pace of acquisition deals? Sure, experts say, but not by much.

Industry experts say Edward Jones was at risk of being left behind if it didn't offer access to investments that are becoming 'table stakes' for large wealth managers.

UBS' Americas unit benefited from a swift uptick in client transactions in April, but that activity has since subsided, CEO Sergio Ermotti told analysts.