RIAs

Even as the firm puts pressure on lower-end advisors, it's making it easier for its top wealth managers to earn growth rewards.

The largest deal ever for the private equity-backed, fee-only RIA will send it to new heights across 23 offices and 750 financial advisors and other employees.

The week also saw BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management and Charles Schwab take minority stakes in the advisory-support firm Dynasty.

A new Financial Planning survey found that while advisors feel the pressure to adopt AI tools, less than half believe it will play a large role in their firm's efforts to capture new clients.

The co-founders of the influential service, technology and compliance firm for fee-only RIAs discussed how the firm is evolving — but also staying the same.

September's roundup of pressing issues in the wealth management space include an elder scam lawsuit embroiling Charles Schwab, accusations against Raymond James for failures in customer complaint reporting and more.

Supervised AI tools can spot opportunities and reduce risk — ideally long before an RIA merger or acquisition closes.

End-to-end meeting manager GReminders is using AI to streamline all the other AI meeting tools, like Calendly and Fireflies.ai, under one roof to make life easier for advisors.

RBC Wealth also reorganized its private client group and appointed a new division head, and UBS named a market leader for its San Francisco business.

Jim Cahn of WEG says there will always be room for small RIAs. But firms intent on growth will increasingly have to turn to larger partners for help with estate and tax planning, back-office support, and marketing and client referrals.