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Hilary Richards is a vice president analyst in Gartner's Finance Practice, where she advises senior finance leaders on critical issues facing their organizations and assists them in translating best demonstrated practices into action. She is a regular presenter at Gartner conferences. Her areas of specialty include finance talent, evolving competencies for financial analysts and accountants, accounting department productivity, and finance department structure.

A Ninth Circuit appellate panel ruled that10 advisors recruited to LPL from Ameriprise have the right to resist turning over their personal devices to a forensic examiner to be searched for evidence of misappropriated client data.

Even as crypto prices slide, a growing share of financial advisors are adding digital assets to client portfolios, with firm policies slowly catching up.

An internal successor, a seller and an acquirer dish out the most common mistakes they say advisory firms must avoid to address the challenge.

K. Dane Snowden initially joined the CFP Board as chief operating officer in 2023 and replaces outgoing CEO Kevin Keller.

Total net new assets for the quarter totaled $158.2 billion, more than the $144 billion projected.

As adoption of the dual-wrapper products accelerates, so will questions about timing, pricing and residual balances.

Advisors who seek a smooth transition should take a hard look at their data and tech stack before any succession planning begins, experts say.

Roughly 100 employees — mostly in management — are expected to move to the wealth management unit's new headquarters in booming South Florida.