Michael Kitces

The technology is there, efficiencies are multiplying and the incentives are huge. So, why is the general mood so grim?

Fortune 500 companies disappear because they don't plan properly for the future. Don't think it can't happen to your firm.

As advisors grow their firms into bona fide businesses, they may sour on the profession —unless they scale back, Michael Kitces writes.

It’s time to broaden our understanding — and assessment — of risk composure.

The firm wants to rid advisors, and their clients, of traditional paper checks.

Transparency is the key to a good long-term client relationship. That’s why advisors should publish fees and minimums on their websites.

Some of the biggest changes come when industries collide.

AdvicePay from Alan Moore and Michael Kitces is aimed at streamlining payments to advisors.

If an acquisitive advisory firm doesn’t perform due diligence on the seller’s fee structure, headaches are guaranteed, Michael Kitces writes.

Such a nominal bump may seem like the cost of doing business — but it raises hard questions about the board’s intentions and practices.