Financial planning

Wealthfront is the first of the tech-powered financial advisers to offer securities-based lending. It will compete with the likes of Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley.

With over $700M in AUM, Next Capital Management is the firm's biggest addition this year.

Bequests, endowments and other gifts demand expertise beyond traditional tax and estate help.

How can banks prevent customers from leaving once those customers become wealthy? Editor Lee Conrad talks with consultant Scott Stathis to find out.

The accounting method can deliver attractive savings, along with protecting nature or farmland.

It’s time to consider payment schemes that are more transparent and better aligned between who pays the cost — and who enjoys the benefits.

New research has found that funds with a high percentage of assets in ETFs underperform funds that hold stocks.

If your clients pay the alternative minimum tax, these funds can help lower their tax liability.

Commission-based investors want to keep their accounts, regardless of the fiduciary rule.

There are risks to this approach, however.

As a channel, we must get better at attracting and retaining HNW assets.

HNW investors and their planners shun the tax-advantaged savings accounts, according to a study.

Does the advisory industry need yet another risk assessment tool?

Too many wirehouse brokers believe they won’t have access to sophisticated lending solutions if they break away. They’re wrong.

How advisers can help overcome their irrational expectations.

Asset manager VanEck’s product appeals to ESG-focused investors. Plus: other launches.

The firm previously shuttered a wealth management unit last year that failed to take off despite some high profile hires.

CFP candidates should consider a well-rounded college or graduate school education in professional sales.

Advisers must ensure they are using the geometric rather than the arithmetic mean when calculating investment returns.

There's no point in waiting on new policy to initiate preparation that is protective and vital, no matter what the ultimate law may be.