“Our agreement with MPA will allow us to enhance the flexibility of our UMA offerings,” said Bob Peatman, managing director of national sales at FundQuest. “We have offered managed model-based UMAs since 2005. Now, with MPA’s overlay management capability, we will be able to offer completely customizable adviser-directed portfolio solutions. In addition, our clients will have access to sophisticated strategies for tax management as part of the overlay process.”
From buried treasure to a "hot shot" hauling business on the road, advisors share the client retirement plans they never saw coming.
In a series of webinars and journal articles, two lawyers and a financial planner are leading a collaborative discussion about how estate planning professionals can better serve African American clients and, in turn, all customers.
As college costs rise, some clients who fear their children taking on early debt make too much to qualify their children for aid, but not enough to pay for school outright.
With three years of market appreciation buoying most advisors' revenue generation, Morgan Stanley says: Produce a bit more or see a small pay cut.
Brokerages applaud a new rule that will relieve them of the obligation to monitor advisors' side gigs such as driving for Uber or bartending. But regulators say they still have plenty of obligations to monitor outside business activities.
A new Vanguard and Escalent survey finds advisors are still using AI mostly for administrative tasks like meeting notes, even as firms plan to pour $1 trillion into the technology globally this year.
