Portfolio

As tax-friendly as the rules are for HSA funds during an individual's lifetime, they can become much more punitive for funds left over after the original account owner dies.

The firm's net income, client assets and advisor headcount all grew last year, according to a new SEC filing. But experts see trouble under the surface.

A turbulent 2023 led to fourth-quarter declines in net new assets, net income and banking deposits at the financial firm.

The banking giant's plans are an outlier in an industry that has been shedding jobs.

With few new advisors coming into the industry but total U.S. assets growing rapidly, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Merrill and others are having to up their compensation game and distinguish themselves in other ways if they want to capture a larger share of the wealth pie.

How the big firms compare with each other in their advisor headcounts, assets under management and other attributes.

Cash is making a resurgence in financial planning, offering both advisors and clients the opportunity to grow.

The firm's wealth and investment unit contributed more than half of the Wall Street giant's profits and revenues for 2023.

The bank's wealth management and investment management units have been standouts in recent years.

The asset and wealth division helped drive the gains, posting its highest quarterly revenue in two years on a gain tied to the sale of a financial-management business. That helped counter fixed-income trading results and investment-banking fees that fell short of expectations.