Independent advisors

The SEC is issuing stark warnings about the funds, even though it approved them for investors.

Let them know how — and how hard — you are working to secure their financial goals amid volatile markets.

Stock market woes are depressing earnings for advisors who charge on client assets, but the pass-through benefit and a health insurance deduction can alleviate a lot of the pain.

The guidelines can help planners with charitably minded clients steer clear of compliance thickets and run-ins with the IRS.

Discussing the impact of rising consumer prices with friends and family can help alleviate financial stress.

At our firm, we’ve accepted that the way people work and the environments in which they work have changed for the long haul, and we have taken a hybrid approach to returning to the office.

From pay and perks to avoiding burnout, this is what advisors want, according to an Arizent research report.

Even stodgy Wall Street brokerages are loosening up as they try to win the war for talent.

The benchmarking product can compare advisors to peers, but experts say that users should keep their personal goals top of mind.

From retirement and inflation to Putin and the best corporate desk toys, we have the details.

While the chances of scrutiny are relatively low, these issues can put a wealthy taxpayer on the agency’s radar.

Incentives given to commercial bankers to work with and refer business to wealth managers are critical.

Skience’s Marc Butler shares four tips for broker-dealers that want to stay independent.

Valuations are growing, but not as quickly. Brand is key. Size matters.

The $2.6 billion Miami firm is the largest independent advisor yet to take advantage of the U.S. territory’s incentives.

From ultrarich to moderately wealthy, investors looking for outsized gains are being told to buy into the professional funds. There are risks.

But a recruiting expert says advisor independence comes with its own set of challenges.

Large pockets of the financial planning and wealth management industries have gone back to “business as usual” post-George Floyd.

The firm “has barely scratched the surface” of selling its technology to independent financial advisors and brokers.

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