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Business goals cannot always put clients’ best interests first. Here’s why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

At the forefront of AI invention and integration, the inaugural Innovation Award winners use wealth management technology to benefit their clients — and their bottom lines.

The largest firms enjoy distinct advantages, to be sure. But many small and midsize independent wealth management firms have an edge, too.

With brokerages, consolidation, lawsuits and more, independence ain’t what it used to be. Advisors who want to break away must contend with ever-changing options and obstacles to define their own version of independence.

Advisors are faced with cutting-edge tech that will shape the industry, as well as questions about its reliability.

After getting caught in the culture wars and suffering massive outflows, ESG funds looked down for the count. Here’s what experts say is next.

Financial advice is a crowded field. Experts share techniques to find new clients and distinguish your business.

Clients across generations have different expectations of their financial advisors. Here’s how everyone wins.

How wirehouses are recruiting and retaining advisors amid waves of independence.

How the big business benefits only certain RIAs

Independent branches are playing a pivotal role in the industry — regardless of anyone’s opinion or awareness of them.

Between conflicting data points and countless buzzy “best practices,” it’s easy for advisory firms to get caught up in the weeds on the elusive business booster

As sustainable investing principles weather a growing backlash, the biggest asset managers are pivoting in how they talk about environmental, social and governance funds.

Cash sweeps are lucrative to the industry, but not to clients. Here’s how financial advisors can get greater yields.

No one knows how firms should leverage the budding metaverse. If someone suggests otherwise, their confidence is likely virtual.

How advisory firms confuse clients and cloud wealth management

The rise and fall of Freedom National Bank, an often-overlooked episode in the retired baseball legend’s life, carries lessons for today.

Transition planning can involve some explosive emotions. Here’s how to navigate them without blowing up the future.

Market volatility and economic uncertainty have made the end-of-year tax planning ritual more complex.

Lacking any formal codification or an accurate count of customers, the planning profession is struggling with some fundamental questions.