Corporate finance

Three veterans with decades of experience shared their time-honed secrets about using investment research in ways that are understandable to clients.

There are times when vendor contracts must come to an end, particularly as new technology providers enter the market. CEOs offer tips for ending a vendor relationship and what to put in contracts to protect data in a breakup.

More high-tech vendors are entering the market, making it harder for wealth management firms to keep a long-term relationship with third parties.

The Toronto-based bank's U.S. subsidiary has taken in $15 billion in asset inflows in the past two years.

Relationships with vendors can make or break an advisor's business; FINRA officials and industry experts discuss best practices.

Like 2023, 2024 has been good to Edward Jones. The St. Louis-based firm finished the first quarter with higher revenues and more financial advisors on its payroll.

Executives at the Zurich-based bank say $27B in net new assets for the first quarter put the firm well on its way to its wealth management goals.

Industry experts who track comings and goings at large firms say the advisor staff figures often obscure more than they reveal.

Higher expenses from the record headcount of financial advisors and a continuous stream of recruits and acquisitions are investing in the firm's future earnings, though.

In the first three months of 2024, both profits and client assets reached new heights at RayJay's Private Client Group.