Finance

Growing client assets, a rebounding economy and a more efficient approach led to an 86% boost in net income for Wells Fargo.

There’s “a pretty good chance” that the U.S. will outpace current expectations for this year, the megabank’s CEO says.

As private equity muscles into wealth management's fastest growing niche, it's injecting Wall Street business practices into financial planning.

The second year of the pandemic unleashed unprecedented exogenous challenges for financial companies heading into 2022. What core trends will shape the industry moving forward?

The number of reps is tumbling from the wealth manager’s previous position atop the industry.

Another big name in private equity is betting on an independent wealth manager and buying out a minority investor that fueled the RIA consolidator’s expansion.

The SEC head has already promised to take a closer look at crypto, online brokers and green investment funds. Now he is taking aim at the world of private capital.

Advisors scramble to help clients earn interest, but with rates set to rise in 2022, richer households could see their portfolios hit harder because of duration risk

With a new South Florida home and booming stateside business, the Canadian asset manager now aims to become the leading high net worth and ultra high net worth platform in the U.S.

The firm added hundreds more advisors and boosted the number of practices with at least $5 million on its platforms.

Higher expenses trimmed the firm’s earnings, but its CEO described $49 billion in assets as only “a drop in the bucket” compared to future adoption among advisors.

The midsize firm’s headcount fell for the fourth straight quarter, even as nearly every other key metric expanded from the year-ago period.

The RIA aggregator has closed or announced more than 30 transactions in 2021, and Rudy Adolf’s team sees the greatest opportunity among its traditional M&A targets.

Hundreds more financial advisors have flocked to the wealth manager this year, driving new highs in headcount, client assets and several other metrics.

Expenses relating to recruiting and M&A rose at a faster clip than revenue, prompting one analyst to downgrade the company’s stock.

CEO Ron Kruszewski predicted its independent arm will grow the way the employee brokerage has since the firm hired its first financial advisor in 1997.

The wealth manager’s financial advisor headcount is rising, along with the productivity of their practices.

The bank's reliance on debt trading caused it to miss out on revenues its peers enjoyed.

Despite the continuing smaller financial advisor headcount at the wirehouse, it reeled in record profits and unveiled its latest plans for further expansion.

Though the Providence, Rhode Island, bank is in the midst of three deals, CEO Bruce Van Saun said it remains on the lookout for other nonbank purchases that could help boost fee income and generate cross-selling opportunities.