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If an advisor's tax offerings aren't visible to AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity, they effectively don't exist for today's prospective clients.

RIA deals can falter at the finish line if the acquiring advisor fails to think about financing at the start.

If you have high-net-worth clients with capital gains, retire the old playbook for qualified opportunity zones. The program is now a recurring planning regime.

Blind trust in AI tools can be a one-way ticket to a fiduciary crisis. Here's how to build a verification process that protects your clients and your firm.

As the RIA industry's own declaration of independence turns 86, its underpinnings have never been at greater risk, writes fiduciary maven Knut Rostad.

High-earning millennials and Gen-Zers now have two clearcut ways to pay down student debt — but with clarity comes a smaller margin of error.

Saying nothing is a dealbreaker. An RIA founder shares proven marketing strategies to show sincere support for LGBTQ goals.

Nineteen states and three major cities now have them. Cheap and easy usually isn't best.

Innocent client missteps can retroactively zero out balances in the alternatives-rich, held-away retirement accounts, with the advisor none the wiser.

A value resurgence will overtake growth-stock dominance — the catalysts are already in motion, says Bernard Horn of Polaris Capital Management.

If you have clients with college-age children earning money from their name, image and likeness, are they responsible enough to handle it and protect it?

With a $10M gift to create and run a school of financial planning, Ric Edelman aims to solve the retirement readiness crisis and wealth management's talent shortage.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act left depreciation recapture rules unchanged for income-producing properties, complicating the tax situation for real estate investors.

The managing director of a multifamily office shares the tech that reduces drudgery and amplifies empathy — and an easy screen to help advisors steer clear of the dreaded "AI ick."

Jason Co is out to prove that advisors can serve Asian Americans effectively and profitably. His FAANetwork is the result.

Autonomy is the first casualty when ensemble practices scale to national size, but the tangible benefits are real.

Investors are asking AI for help picking a financial advisor. Yet some firms remain invisible to AI. Here's how to get Claude or ChatGPT to name you.

Allowing clients to surrender or lapse life insurance policies before gauging value on the secondary market amounts to a fiduciary fail, argues Cole Hallman of Citizens Life Group.

Evaluating private equity performance is notoriously difficult due to lack of transparency. Asking these 3 questions makes it easier for financial advisors.

The Trump administration's push for alternative investments in 401(k)s steamrolls ERISA law, argues Knut Rostad.