Data and information management

The dilemmas from data, client demand and recruiting could provide opportunities for upstarts. Here's how wealth and asset management firms are responding.

For the past three years, Leslie Norman, chief technology officer for Dynasty Financial Partners, has been working to help build infrastructure to house the data used in the firm's tech stack.

Experts say that while data ownership might at first be time-consuming and costly, the long-term benefits make it an extremely worthwhile investment.

Ultrahigh net worth families often use extended networks of professionals and advisors — which is precisely what makes their financial data uniquely vulnerable.

The IRS and its partners shared a half-dozen ways to safeguard your firm and your clients during National Tax Security Awareness Week.

After millions of tax IDs were exposed in the massive leak at National Public Data, clients will be at heightened risk for tax fraud and other financial abuse this tax season.

The industry watchdog continues its recently adopted practice of giving firms monthslong advance warning of its examination priorities before the start of the new year.

AI can extract key insights from meeting transcripts, emails and files and other sources across a firm's entire book of business.

Top executives at Advyzon, Kwanti, Softlab360 and The Oasis Group say advisors need to stop depending on SOC 2 reports to measure a vendor's data security.

Meager security budgets, flammable family dynamics and set-in-their-ways employees can put assets, and sometimes the safety of family members themselves, at risk.