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The latest deal by a wealth manager for an employee services firm enables the Raymond James Private Client Group to expand its reach.

There are still plenty of challenges and potential changes on the horizon. Here’s what to watch for.

Waddell & Reed had been working in recent years to transform its “proprietary broker-dealer into a fully competitive independent wealth manager.”

The potential for higher rates in 2021 is real, but exactly what the rate would be, and who would pay those rates, is far from certain.

The firm has added 42 advisors this year with a combined $3.8 billion in AUM.

Alterations include higher hurdles for cash pay, a grid stretch for deferred compensation and new bonuses.

The firm’s new business highlights the beginnings of a shift in the custody marketplace due to a series of consolidations.

Funding is getting tighter as advisors look towards marketing automation as an engine for growth.

Homogeneous industries and male executives are the primary target clients of the new consultancy, Kathleen Zemaitis says.

The one-two punch of major tax laws passed within four months of each other creates some interesting puzzles for advisors to solve.