The 401(k) and individual wealth firm opted for one of a wave of private equity-backed startups that give financial advisors even more M&A suitors to consider.

Ditch the Monte Carlo scenarios and 20-page reports — today's woman investor expects tangible, actionable advice to reach her goals.

A sometimes-overlooked measure of the 2022 law could put free money into millions of workers' retirement plans.

Less than two years after the firm's launch, it has reached 60 financial advisors and $7 billion in client assets. Here's a look at its expansion strategy.

From C-suites down, American finance is quietly reassessing its promises to level the playing field — and, in many cases, rolling them back.

Stubbornly persistent differences between white and Black households' income and assets present financial advisors with the big-picture implications of their work.

Barry Sommers comes in for high praise amid his firm's attempts to move beyond the banking scandals of its past.

Is it possible to keep saving for retirement after you've lost your job? A former tech worker in New York asks the experts.

An industry report finds the largest independent brokerage, with its supported independence offering, had the biggest net headcount gain last year.

Almost all retirees had regrets about how they planned for life after work. Is it possible to ever be prepared?

From baby boomers to Generation Z, Americans have a wide range of advantages and disadvantages when it comes to saving for retirement. Here's how they compare.

Clients across generations have different expectations of their financial advisors. Here's how everyone wins.

The firm's big tech investments and history working with banks attracted Wintrust, the CEO of its wealth division told FP.

After IBM unfroze its pension, some wondered if this was the start of a defined-benefit renaissance. Researchers say that's not what it was about.

Too many clients are having important conversations with financial planners who don't share a similar background. That needs to change.

Yesterday's historic "firsts" blazed a trail for those of today — with a moral and business imperative for the industry to learn from these five figures' examples.

LeCount Davis was the first African American to earn wealth management's "gold standard" of certifications. Today he's helping others do the same.

Though she is widely considered the first African American woman to be a stockbroker, some blurriness surrounds what is known about the rest of her life story.

She mixed outspoken activism with business pragmatism, launching a bank that helped hundreds of African Americans buy homes in her longtime community.

Inspired by the examples of his grandmother and his mother, the Houston fixed-income legend launched one of the largest Black-owned investment management firms.