Finance

Plan sponsors show growing interest in private market investments for 401(k) plans, but regulatory uncertainty, fees and litigation risk continue to slow adoption, a Cerulli study found.

Financial advisors often urge clients to delay Social Security to maximize benefits, but new research suggests early claiming may be a rational choice for most households.

The loss of a $129 billion team for Merrill set the high-water mark in a year that also saw the departure of huge teams from UBS, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Oppenheimer.

Rockefeller becomes the latest firm to benefit from a steady stream of advisor defections from UBS this year.

Overspending, liability risk and emotional strain. Clients who ignore advice can jeopardize their own finances and create real challenges for advisors. But a few key strategies can help limit the damage.

As ERISA rules around alternatives ease, more workplace plan advisors are warming to once-niche investments like private equity and private credit. But advisors remain skeptical of certain asset classes.

Consolidation has been ongoing for more than a decade in wealth management, but it accelerated to unprecedented levels this year.

Retirement savers say they want investment choice, but confidence in navigating those decisions remains low, according to new T. Rowe Price research.

Researchers found that potentially traumatic childhood experiences, including physical abuse and parental separation, have lasting financial consequences, shaping workers' savings and retirement security decades later.

RBC CEO David McKay discusses plans to provide more clients with banking relationships while the firm announces a reorganization of its U.S. wealth management division next year.

Private allocations can give retirees on a glide path a modest lift in returns, new Morningstar research shows — though the impact isn't uniform across savers.

Innovator Capital Management, which Goldman will acquire next year, was a pioneer with ETFs that hedge risk by offsetting investors' exposure to equity losses by also capping their ability to realize gains.

One of the most consequential M&A deals in years leads this roundup of the many ways big independent firms grew in 2025 and how they plan to continue growing in 2026.

Advisors who reframed strategic decisions shifted investor perceptions of identical financial results, research shows; here's what that means for retirement planning.

A new Cerulli report finds that advisors who outsource investment management spend more time in direct dealings with clients.

With New Year's resolutions on the rise, financial advisors are using the seasonal focus on money goals to engage clients and spark action.

Concerns grows that the the $1.7 trillion private credit industry could be adding hard-to-detect risks to the U.S. financial system.

A hedging product tied to bitcoin offers investors enhanced gains and downside protection — as long as an underlying ETF doesn't lose more than 25% of its value.

At a time when private equity ownership is causing clashes between independent broker-dealers and some of their largest advisory teams, Private Advisor Group found another option.

Financial therapist Rahkim Sabree wove his personal experiences into a detailed manual on a problem he and others say is often glossed over by the industry.