RIAs

Advisers will create strategies and communicate the advice. Software will handle the execution and maintenance of the strategies.

With a deep résumé representing Wall Street firms, Jay Clayton is seen as a business-friendly choice not expected to push major new regulations or ramp up RIA exams.

High-value targets include client names and account numbers. Protecting the information can also protect an advisory practice from regulatory penalties.

The new recruit, who started with the wirehouse's predecessor firm Smith Barney, has been in the industry since the late 1990s.

The expansion of hybrid platforms and bank digital advice promises big changes and fierce competition in automated wealth management.

Women need help in investing, and new niche robo advisers are providing a means to achieving financial confidence.

Black employees at the firm say lucrative client accounts were often steered toward financial advisers who weren’t black.

Having lost AUM over the past year, advisers are investing time and resources in new engines of growth.

On Wall Street's editors have compiled the raw data behind the latest annual ranking. Here's their take on what to expect before the unveiling of this newest group of elite, young advisers.

The benefits of transitioning to a full-service independent platform are clear, but the process can be tricky and firms must take great care when making the switch.