Northwestern Mutual

The number of certified financial planners reflects competition for talent and a profession navigating questions about conflicts of interest.

The giants of the channel grabbed most of the spots in the rankings, but some of their smaller or midsize rivals are also expanding quickly.

The "magic number" Americans think they'll need for a comfortable retirement went way up this year — but their actual savings went down.

The giant insurer fired three financial advisors based on false claims about their specialty insurance consulting business, according to their attorney.

The renewal of a major clearing and custody contract reflects how the BNY Mellon-owned firm is trying to win business from a burgeoning cast of rivals.

These 10 firms have the most certified financial planners among their advisors, highlighting the channel's ongoing shift away from sales to advice.

These 10 firms are driving the ongoing shift in the industry to fiduciary advice and away from sales commissions.

The giant insurer and wealth management firm is seeking to engage Generation Z women who are the largest group of the digital pinboard's users.

As part of a long-term industry shift, firms like Ameriprise, Commonwealth and Northwestern Mutual get most of their business from advisory fees.

Speakers at FP’s INVEST Conference explained why recruiting and adoption of new tools loom so large over the future of wealth management.

Despite notable rises and falls in the rankings, the study’s findings about comprehensive advice give every wealth manager an opportunity for improvement.

Advisor Kristin Bartlow brings a team of four managing $195 million in client assets to Journey Strategic Wealth.

Part of a push by the company to open offices in underserved areas, Anthony Williams aims to make it “a pillar” of the community, he says.

Necessary new approaches include better cultural understanding, more flexibility for new entrants and more outreach, advisors and executives say.

The firm’s new technology will allow advisors to “get into the weeds” of underlying portfolios with clients.

Northwestern Mutual’s practices raise difficult questions about the nature of retail advice just as wealth management faces greater scrutiny under new rules.

In a sign of long term changes and pivotal questions for the industry, the difference between the amount of fees and commissions in the sector has nearly doubled.

Financial advisors, broker-dealers, custodians and other firms are trying to do their part amid a public health and economic crisis.

The largest enterprise under LPL’s biggest OSJ is getting even bigger, after adding its sixth advisor of the past 12 months.

If these black financial advisors meet the goal, it will defy the industry's stark racial disparities: early career growth at that level just “doesn't happen in our demographic,” one partner says.