Practice

Ellevest's newest round of funding defies industry expectations about digital advice's viability.

Banks need to re-assign some of their wealth management clients, says Arthur Osman, executive VP, institution services at LPL. This can lower costs, help develop new talent and with the right touch, clients won’t feel disconnected from the bank, he says.

The broker used the customer's money to buy two apartments in his name, rather than the customer's.

One advisor says the fiduciary rule prompted the latest wirehouse exit to an RIA.

The number of annual new SEC registrations has jumped by 150% since 2000.

Evacuating floodwaters with his pregnant wife, two children and a “very angry cat,” an advisor gets a personal reminder that the people he serves are a lot more than just names and numbers.

The real concern is not just that actively managed funds could disappear but that the entire market could be left for dead.

The Office of Management and Budget concluded its review of the proposal, a key step in the administrative process, which puts a freeze on further implementing the regulation.

Clients ready to quit the workforce in advance need to understand the impact of doing so on their Social Security benefits, Michael Kitces writes.

The agency will allow some Texas residents to file certain individual and business tax returns and make some tax payments as late as Jan. 31.