Economy

Beset by a graying workforce, an aging clientele and a shortage of young talent, the wealth management industry is at long last changing course.

A graying workforce. A homogenous culture. New technologies. With its future at stake, the wealth management industry is finally confronting its many challenges.

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network has picked up advisors with more than $424 million in assets under management.

Benjamin Edwards is luring away talent from Wells Fargo, boosting its presence in the Midwest and New England.

Former UBS banker Mark Zaino walked out of court a free man Thursday after a federal judge chose to impose no further sentence on him for his role in rigging municipal bond contracts.

An advisor team which managed more than $600 million in assets at Merrill Lynch has left the firm to join Morgan Stanley.

Revenue rises 15% but product sales jump even higher, as a shift in compensation model holds back short-term revenue, the company says.

For investment advisors with a small pool of clients, the threat of a cyber attack that could compromise investors' personal identifying information is especially acute, says one IT expert.

The program pairs newer women advisors with more experienced ones

A former Baird advisor won an arbitration case against his old employer, resulting in a FINRA arbitration panel awarding him $170,000 in damages for defamation.

Errors and omissions insurance premiums are rising. A proposed fiduciary standard for advisors would drive the cost up further, according to insurance specialists.

Raymond James is recruiting the industry's top talent at the expense of the wirehouses.

Wells Fargo is adding Bob Vorlop and Joe Nadreau to its executive, according to Mary Mack, president of Wells Fargo Advisors.

A Morgan Stanley broker and the managing clerk at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP were arrested today for an insider-trading scheme that authorities said netted $5.6 million in illicit profit.

DataPak will enable financial institutions to infuse customer data from their wealth management or brokerage operations into their core systems.

Community banks are revamping branches and offering new services in an effort to become trusted advisors to small businesses. Such a transformation is often easier said than done.

Janney Montgomery Scott recruited a veteran Merrill Lynch advisor with $1 million in production.

Having a long-term horizon for the sale of a business puts the owner in a better position to optimize tax strategies. It's also an opportunity for advisors angling for the investment business a sale will produce.

The firm continues its recruiting bonanza with the addition of an advisor-team from Morgan Stanley with more than $1.3 million in production.

Morgan Stanley plans to merge its institutional and wealth management municipal desks to provide more efficient trading services