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A lack of uniform classifications and an identity crisis at the heart of the fragmented industry makes it a thorny task.

Some of the industry's largest firms and toughest critics weighed in on the vexing fragmentation that’s growing alongside the trillions in AUM.

The pandemic is changing the game for performance management. It's time to evolve the financial services model.

Digital technologies are transforming the delivery of financial services and reshaping consumer expectations. At the heart of change is the speed of money movement, which now represents the future — success for those who deliver, challenges for those who don't.

Hopes that the pandemic has been curbed have dimmed as infections and hospitalizations are on the rise again due to the introduction of the extremely dangerous Delta strain. For some companies, this has disrupted their plans to bring remote employees back to their offices or institute a "hybrid" arrangement.

Emerging markets have been shocked by recent regulation from the Chinese government and the coronavirus pandemic.

Dave banking app originally created to do away with overdraft charges has taken the industry by storm. It's on a mission to advance financial opportunities for all Americans. Join Penny Crosman, Executive Editor of American Banker and Jason Wilk, CEO and Co-Founder of Dave as they talk about how this app is changing the way people manage their money and what’s in store for the future of one-stop-shops for finances.

Join Financial Planning's Editor-in-Chief, Chana Schoenberger, Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger, industry luminary Mark Tibergien and financial advisor Dasarte Yarnway as they discuss the profound changes the financial advisory sector is undergoing.

For regulatory purposes, anyone can call themselves an advisor or planner. Professionals in the industry want to change that to enhance the client experience.

20 planners and executives offer starkly different views in the wake of a national spate of racial prejudice and violence targeting the group often typecast as the "model minority."

Independent broker-dealers can find examples for how best to serve, hire, support and promote a historically underrepresented group after a year marked by hate.

Community banks have played and will continue to play a key role in supporting local economies across the country. Join us in a lively conversation with Dennis E. Nixon, President & CEO of International Bank of Commerce (Laredo, Texas) & Chairman, International Bancshares Corporation and Eddie Aldrete, Senior Vice President at International Bank of Commerce as we discuss: (1) the need for bankers and the business community to become involved in political issues. From minimum wage and issues that affect small businesses to regulatory issues that directly affect the banking industry, banking and business leaders need to be thought leaders in the public conversation and (2) how bankers can play a pivotal advocacy role in the free trade process.

Experts and leading practitioners are looking at ways to mitigate the possible affect of the legislation from a tax perspective.

Find all of the data from FP’s annual survey of the industry and ranking of firms by yearly revenue.

Despite smaller growth amid the coronavirus last year, FP’s 36th annual survey revealed the significant level of business raked in by 46 wealth managers.

The delicate balance between the No. 1 IBD and its ‘critical clients’ is evolving as the industry changes.

Will the sector embrace the global trend toward greater transparency?

Executives from Alliance Bernstein, Edward Jones and Kasisto discuss best practices and ways to improve the client experience.

The chairman-elect in 2022 is preparing to deal with the changes that come with a new presidential administration.