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Here's what advisors at the $2 million production level can expect to earn at large and regional firms

You'd think making $1 million a year for your firm would be considered a lot. But advisors at that level last year have to bring in a bit more to maintain their take-home pay.

A homeowner in New York asks how to make sure her apartment goes to her kids after she dies — and not to Medicaid.

State supreme court rulings granting frozen embryos the same legal status as children will have major impacts on financial planning, writes an expert on estate planning and tax law.

Our continued look at compensation for advisors at different revenue levels considers pay for $600,000-a-year producers.

Research shows wealth managers have much greater confidence in the new technology than their clients. Here's how to shrink the gap.

Wireshouses continue to put the squeeze on advisors at the lower end of the revenue-generation scale.

Many advisors will have to produce more this year to make the same take-home pay as last year, Financial Planning's annual analysis finds, with low producers under pressure to move up the revenue ladder or move on.

Are clients' savings working for them? How to best guide them on the pros and cons of Roth IRAs and other savings programs.

Recent economic data have shown inflation stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target, putting rate cuts in jeopardy. Lauren Saidel-Baker, an economist with ITR Economics, parses the FOMC meeting, Chair Powell's press conference and takes a look at future policy.

As ESG investments face political backlash, here's how financial advisors are talking to clients about impact investing.

Political bias can create negative chain reactions in portfolios. Here's how to keep investors focused on long-term goals.

A therapist in New York still has $50,000 in student loans. Can President Biden's new policy bring her relief?

Some planners and firms are taking action to address impending retirements. Here's why opening more pathways into the field matters to every company in wealth management.

Forty-five percent of wealth managers say a disputed presidential election would hurt their business, according to a new Arizent survey.

It's that time of year again. Here's how to nominate a colleague — or yourself — for Financial Planning's Rising Star awards.

To protect their own talent pipeline, financial companies need to make sure that they're not only protecting the entry-level roles that AI threatens to take over, but getting the enthusiastic buy-in of the people most likely to be affected, according to experts from Fiserv, Segpay and Featurespace.

It may seem like ESG's moment has passed. But as millennial and Gen Z investors gain more wealth, do-good investing is likely to become more important than ever.

After getting caught in the culture wars and suffering massive outflows, ESG funds looked down for the count. Here's what experts say is next.