In the current business and regulatory environment, firms and financial professionals have to know that their controls will protect client data. Use this cybersecurity preparedness self-assessment checklist to help determine whether you need to make upgrades, so that you can know exactly what to do and work more effectively with your IT services provider.
FIS regularly hears from RIAs and banks with wealth management departments about the need to have better mobile apps and other digital doorways to their services. A new partnership with InvestCloud is designed to provide just that.
Bill Hamm's Independent Financial Partners took a rare step in 2019 when the firm left LPL to launch its own brokerage. Now it's offering an interesting recruiting pitch to financial advisors.
Merrill, BMO and Schwab are among many firms helping clients take out security-backed loans against market gains to avoid capital gains tax hits.
Despite looming concerns, only 32% of retirees said they work with a financial advisor, according to Schroders' 2026 U.S. Retirement Survey.
The Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act helps families avoid forced property sales in at least 24 states, according to a study sponsored by JPMorgan Chase.
Firms with big recruiting loan balances are often the ones with the most success hiring advisors from industry rivals. But the numbers also suggest they're offering increasingly generous deals.
