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A new study finds that donor-advised funds are outnumbering all other charitable donation vehicles combined.

There are a surprising variety of ways for clients to support charities, even if they don't have extra cash to give.

Art, antiques or other collections can make valuable donations -- with tax benefits to boot. Help make sure clients comply with IRS rules and get the highest possible deductions.

Art, antiques or other collections can make valuable donations -- with tax benefits to boot. Help make sure clients comply with IRS rules and get the highest possible deductions.

Asset managers have become consultants to financial advisors seeking help with business development and practice management in an effort to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

Changes in IRS rules have made the paperwork more onerous and the tax breaks less generous. Advisors should examine clients' reasons for giving, and make sure they act well before year-end.

Changes in IRS rules have made the paperwork more onerous and the tax breaks less generous. Advisors should examine clients' reasons for giving, and make sure they act well before year-end.

The impact of making a few large gifts may be quite different than the outcome from making many smaller gifts. Here are some tips to help clients decide how many charities to support.

The impact of making a few large gifts may be quite different than the outcome from making many smaller gifts. Here are some tips to help clients decide how many charities to support.

As strategies for charitable giving become more complicated, software can help planners, clients, attorneys and accountants evaluate different options.

Steven A. Cohen’s new firm will stop collecting employees’ best trading ideas for a central investment pool and rewarding them with a special bonus, a practice that the U.S. government said created wrong incentives at his former hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.

Among recent notable product launches is an ETF aimed at accessing China's onshore bond market, a new index that will track publicly-listed companies developing or providing cyber security technology, and a fund aiming to outperform an index composed of futures contracts on 14 heavily traded commodities.

As strategies for charitable giving become more complicated, software can help planners, clients, attorneys and accountants evaluate different options.

Greg Davies, head of behavioral finance at Barclays reviews how technology has fit within the industry and the opportunities and challenges that development has brought.

Donating a conservation easement can be beneficial both to the environment and to a client's tax bill.

Once a client has made a donation to his or her favored charity, your work has just started. Changes in tax laws, investment values and charitable organizations mean that advisors need to be vigilant.

There are no jurisdictional walls when it comes to the damaging effects of net asset value errors. This realization and the global collaboration taking place to address it are creating the new, global standard for "best practice" with or without the existence of domestic or foreign regulatory policy.

When spouses or other family members can't agree on where to donate their money, it's time for some diplomacy.

As the pace of cyberattacks increases, asset managers are taking a hard look at their cyber insurance coverage to make sure that it will cover them should they become a target.

When spouses or other family members can't agree on where to donate their money, it's time for some diplomacy.