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From COBRA premiums to long-term care, there are surprising uses for funds in these tax-advantaged accounts.

The firm has sought to broaden the range of clients it targets with its wealth-advisory services.

The decisions clients make now can play a significant role in how much will be forgiven.

The wirehouse is also tweaking pay related to cash solutions for clients.

Clients have been jolted into engaging with their total wealth, not just their money, says UBS’s Ultra High Net Worth and Private Wealth Management Americas head John Mathews.

The Boston-based boutique oversees the assets of roughly 140 full- service clients and 800 individual households.

The custodian is upping the number of scholarships set aside for women and people of color.

Fake name, phony credentials, Ponzi-like payments but real victims — this is what authorities are saying about this business.

While broadening stock-market gains may one day provide more fertile ground for picking equities, right now fundamental managers are struggling.

As part of a two-step deal involving Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, LPL will pick up 900 advisors and $63 billion in assets.

Orion, Riskalyze and AdvisorPeak hope to offer a replacement to TradeWarrior, which will close on Dec. 31.

As it does with savings, the app's algorithm calculates how much users can siphon off their earnings into retirement without missing the funds.

More clients are also looking for financial advice within the custodian’s retail channel, which offers a robo advisor and full-service wealth management arm.

In two recent moves, the firm promoted one of its own to regional director and lured another back from AllianceBernstein.

Global equities notched their largest monthly gain since at least 1988, while multiple major benchmarks are at or near all-time highs.

Advisors will face a drastically changed industry landscape and Schwab, already an industry leader, will play an even more outsized role in the marketplace.

With COVID-19 cases soaring, a growing number of banks, including JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bancorp and Capital One, have pushed back target dates for bringing employees back to offices. Some are even allowing them to work from home indefinitely.

This year’s report on advisor compensation shows how RIAs and IBDs are attracting, retaining and rewarding talent.

In a bid to attract clients left out by AUM fees, IBDs are enabling advisors to take approaches first made popular in the full RIA channel.

Planners and experts dive into wirehouse pay, charging clients at a higher rate, emerging business models and other key issues.