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“This is a chance to redesign core systems, some of which go back to PaineWebber,” says Tom Naratil, president of UBS Wealth Management Americas.

A lawsuit filed by an ex-client was granted class action status after the firm failed to keep the dispute out of court.

“There’s just right now a heightened sensitivity to what can go wrong,” one strategist says.

Clients are willing to pay more for tax advice, but they’re still not getting it.

The trading app's move to create its own clearing system signals broader goals.

Factors including low interest rates may have contributed to success.

About 60 advisors have joined the broker-dealer so far this year, with five advisors and two firms coming on this month.

Jim Cracchiolo aims to boost the number of clients receiving comprehensive plans through a series of tech upgrades for advisors next year.

Researchers from top business schools studied arbitrator selection, as shown in nearly 9,000 cases filed by clients over a 27-year span.

Industry efforts still have far to go as less than 3.5% of the 80,000 CFP professionals were black or Latino in 2017.

ESG ETFs currently hold a combined $6 billion in assets. The firm expects that will grow to $500 billion in the next decade.

Wirehouses have long complained about paying the highest dues among the group’s hundreds of members, insiders say.

Many of the new hires are A.G. Edwards veterans.

The proposed rule from the Labor Department would allow small companies with a common owner or those in the same trade group to band together and create multiemployer plans.

The inaugural event builds on mounting industry interest in improving its historically dismal record on growing the ranks of minorities and women in wealth management.

Indexes typically tracked by the funds are often excessively allocated to Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities.

This quarter the firm brought on 14 new advisors, who advised more than $1.1 billion in client assets at their former firms.

For advisors that make a claim of misconduct the deck appears stacked in favor of the employers.

The No. 1 IBD added a practice with $520 million in client assets from rival Cambridge before walking back a new policy that has resulted in departures.

The partnership with Intuit allows clients to autofill information from TurboTax filings.