Portfolio

Larry Elkin offers specialized estate and tax expertise for wealthy clients. Now his firm handles $1.3 billion in assets, spread across fewer than 200 families.

How will clients react when specialized products underperform well-known benchmarks?

Some younger planners are diversifying activities and income streams to create more fulfilling - and flexible - work.

Don't throw new hires into the deep end. Here are a few smarter ways to help them thrive.

In an exclusive interview, John Taft, CEO of RBC Wealth Management-U.S., expresses concern that looming regulation could hobble a wealth industry just as it finds its stride.

"We believe the things people do over 30 years speaks volumes, and mean more than rumor and innuendo," says Ed Cofrancesco, president of International Assets Advisory, the broker-dealer that hired Jeb Bashaw.

BlackRock, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, said the products acted as “shock absorbers” after Bill Gross’s unexpected exit last month from Pimco.

Contributing appreciated holdings to charity can be a tax-efficient strategy.

An extension in the tax break for qualified charitable distributions may come too late for hesitant donors.

Management fees can eat away most of a fund's yields says Vanguard's founder; Plus, what you need to know about Medicaid and long-term care and how two men who saved the same amount for retirement wound up $234K apart