Economy

Since the bottom of the housing market in 2012, home prices have increased 75% but wages have only increased 13%.

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The insurance giant and No. 6 IBD made Alexa Von Tobel its chief innovation officer following the closure of the planning startup it acquired in 2015.

While the demise of the Department of Labor’s regulation will hurt investors, it makes fiduciary advisors even more relevant.

Royal Alliance Associates will absorb the firm following the deal, which would push the network’s headcount above 6,800 advisors.

Wells Fargo has lost at least 80 brokers managing more than $12 billion in assets before the end of the second quarter.

The wealth management platform of the future can manage client finances without having to interact with advisors, says Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff.

Securities America and Atria Wealth Solutions hired recruiting and operational heads from Ameriprise and Cetera.

David Reiser spent 10 years at the wirehouse where he worked with ultrawealthy clients and families.

Community Bank & Trust of Florida switched its program after a 16-year relationship with Invest Financial.

The No. 1 IBD launched an investment offering aimed at the distributed ledger technology its research unit says could disrupt nearly every industry.

In an investor-backed power play, the tech startup wants wirehouses and banks to turn to it instead of traditional software providers as they make upgrades.

Forty-one percent of client-facing finance workers have had negative experiences that “still keep them up at night,” a Schwab survey finds.

Disparate voices in the fiduciary debate agree that Form CRS might be too dense and complex to achieve meaningful disclosure.

The regional firm keeps growing after joining the Broker Protocol in March.

One JPMorgan client thought it was “odd and weird” that the advisor called during the Memorial Day holiday, on behalf of Merrill Lynch.

Such a move would also coincide with efforts to cut costs in the bank's wealth management business by $600 million by 2020.

Banks and wirehouses have a head start on data, while RIAs face challenges, according to a new report.

Firms of all sizes have helped push fee-based business above commissions as the industry undergoes a transformation.

The firm has been rolling out a robust suite of new and upgraded technology tools.