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Tips and tricks on building a successful niche. This week, Eric Franklin of Prospero Wealth on financial planning for tech executives and how he reverse engineered a customized clientele.

It's time to revisit the $10,000 cap considering a new $40,000 limitation under the OBBBA.

Amy Cardillo is a senior lecturer at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

UBS contends a group of advisors who left this month to form an RIA inherited most of their clients from retired advisors who were counting on being paid from their former books of business.

The Treasury and the IRS issued guidance on qualified OZ investments in rural areas under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The plan to issue shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange comes three years after UBS abandoned plans to acquire Wealthfront.

Regulatory approval would be a big win for asset managers seeking to shrink clients' tax bills and expand into the $12.6 trillion ETF industry.

With savings gaps, financial anxiety and plans to work longer, half of Gen X employees feel unprepared for retirement.

The industry's first AI-specific conference for financial advisors will take place Oct. 28-29 in Las Vegas and feature some of the industry's biggest names.

Also this month in our disciplinary digest, a now-barred 'problem broker' for Stifel lands his former firm another hefty settlement, and an advisor is accused of fraud for trying to poach clients from his old firm.

Even with the money to retire early, FIRE clients often face unexpected challenges. Advisors say mindset — more than finances — is often the real hurdle.

While stock values get the most attention after the Fed cuts rates, they affect trusts, too. Some beneficiaries of entities without flexible distribution provisions could take a big hit.

In a lengthy court reply, advisors who left Merrill this week to form an RIA with Dynasty Financial Partners accuse Merrill of "bad faith" for putting them on administrative leave and failing to reinvest in their business.

At 50, a Seattle-based financial professional has the means to retire by 60. Advisors say the plan is realistic, but one significant challenge stands out.

Tom Spiller is a partner at Rosenblatt Law.