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As major insurers reduce Medicare Advantage benefits and exit markets, retirees face higher costs and limited options. Advisors need to understand the implications for retirement planning.

Each of the biggest firms in the channel grew substantially in 2024, but LPL's giant M&A deal to buy Commonwealth for $2.7 billion has further consolidated the ranks.

Firms like LPL, Cambridge, Osaic, Independent Financial, Commonwealth, Raymond James, Ameriprise and Cetera are racing to develop new tools.

Find all of the figures from Financial Planning's latest annual study of brokerages whose financial advisors aren't employees of the firms.

Independent financial advisors are getting more tools at an accelerating rate in timing and capital investment. Here's how experts say they can adapt and overcome the fear of replacement.

Also this week, both Arax Investment Partners and Aspen Standard Wealth add RIAs with $1B in AUM.

Many retirees mistakenly believe Medicare will cover all their medical costs, but new Fidelity research reveals that even without long-term care, routine health care expenses can add up to tens of thousands of dollars.

Social media and other digital technologies have fundamentally altered the process and, experts say, often distract financial advisors from the most successful methods.

There's no debate that agentic AI has the potential to profoundly impact how financial advisors and wealth managers acquire,

AI-powered simulation sandboxes are transforming how wealth managers and RIAs engage clients.

Also this week, the tech-driven RIA Farther boosts its AUM total to over $13 billion with a recruiting blitz, Mercer adds an RIA with more than $1 billion in assets and Cresset fills out its C-suite.

What was once largely a source of referrals for outside professionals is moving in-house for financial advisors in many cases. Here are some examples.

The question looms especially large for startups breaking into the field, but there are no straightforward answers. Here's a guide for financial advisors.

Is the age of "augmented intelligence" and "adaptive engagement" soon to arrive for financial advisors and wealth

A client who passes the assets to an older generation could get them back or have them transferred to children at a step-up in basis with an "upstream" gift.

The new law could impair young talent's ability to save for retirement, making it leaders' responsibility to act proactively.

When Tony Blagrove, founder and CEO of Traveka Wealth in Los Altos, California, started his independent RIA 18 months ago, his first order of business was being an "early adopter" of these emerging tools.

A rise in gray divorce presents distinct planning challenges for advisors. A majority of married Americans say that a divorce would derail their retirement plan, a new Allianz Life study found.

As advisors continue to exit UBS for rival firms Merrill, Ameriprise and Raymond James, EP Wealth completed a major acquisition.

For many family offices, the bulk of services they provide takes a backseat to one specific goal: preserving wealth for their clients' heirs.