Investing News from Financial Planning

From buried treasure to a "hot shot" hauling business on the road, advisors share the client retirement plans they never saw coming.

In a series of webinars and journal articles, two lawyers and a financial planner are leading a collaborative discussion about how estate planning professionals can better serve African American clients and, in turn, all customers.

As college costs rise, some clients who fear their children taking on early debt make too much to qualify their children for aid, but not enough to pay for school outright.

With three years of market appreciation buoying most advisors' revenue generation, Morgan Stanley says: Produce a bit more or see a small pay cut.

Brokerages applaud a new rule that will relieve them of the obligation to monitor advisors' side gigs such as driving for Uber or bartending. But regulators say they still have plenty of obligations to monitor outside business activities.

A new Vanguard and Escalent survey finds advisors are still using AI mostly for administrative tasks like meeting notes, even as firms plan to pour $1 trillion into the technology globally this year.

Osaic expected advisor departures during its massive consolidation of nine separate broker-dealers within its corporate structure. But CEO Jamie Price says the effort positioned the firm well for a future liquidity event. Here's how the independent broker-dealer is rebuilding.

Megadeals and private equity transactions usually draw the biggest headlines, but potential acquirers can take their pick from any number of possible sources of financing.

A bipartisan bill awaiting a Senate vote aims to reduce tax burdens for financial fraud victims by restoring an expanded personal casualty loss deduction.

Taxes can erode portfolio value in ways that add up over time. Explore five active investment strategies that can reduce capital gains tax impacts for clients.

Deals can falter when firm owners misjudge what it costs to replace themselves.

Merrill and Morgan Stanley executives' recent statements on recruiting seem to reveal starkly different approaches. But industry recruiters say they are just masking similarities.

A new study based on a survey of more than 500 advisory practices by The Kitces Report sheds light on how the fastest-growing firms are spending their marketing dollars.

Advisors on what to ask, who to call in and when it's finally safe to tell a client: you can afford it.

The largest private foundations are just barely exceeding the 5% statutory threshold for charitable donations, according to a new report.

Advisors discussed how they guide clients through the competing priorities of saving for their own retirements versus their children's college educations.

Advisors are still slow to plan for handing down their businesses, in part because of difficulties finding new owners they can trust.

Research from Cerulli Associates suggests that many RIAs have a long way to go with AI adoption while already finding possible ramifications for back-office staff.

Advisors can leverage the updated opportunity zone program, starting in January, to help ultrahigh net worth clients defer capital gains.

As advisors rush to build their own AI tools, experts warn that guardrails need to cover data going in, not just data going out.