Investments

Despite most clients expecting holistic planning services, many advisors still don't provide them. And those who do are far from agreeing on how to best charge for them.

Opto Investments is building out a fully integrated tech platform for RIAs to gain access to the multitrillion-dollar private markets.

Until recently, alternative investments have mainly been the province of the high net worth set. In the past few years, though, there has been a concerted effort to change that.

Wall Street is rolling out a new breed of ETFs with varying degrees of exposure to megacap technology shares.

The art market is nearing a critical inflection point, according to a new 2024 survey of global collecting from Art Basel and UBS.

McQuown is credited with kicking off a financial revolution with the creation of the first index fund.

A model of buying buildings with big carbon footprints, investing in green refurbishments and then increasing rents for higher sale prices is attracting attention of some asset managers in real estate.

Industry watchdogs worry lenders may be hiding troubled loans and are too entagled with insurance interests.

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

While these generated a flood of initial interest, broad adoption of these digital assets in portfolios will take some time.

Robinhood is also planning to offer a browser-based trading system similar to products from Interactive Brokers Group and Charles Schwab

As CAIS launched a new advisory firm to simplify alternative investments for financial advisors and their clients, experts at the firm's summit discussed how to get clients more comfortable with the asset class.

Financial advisors weigh in on how they assist clients with this issue, especially if they have large holdings in their employer's stock.

When a seasoned investor, ex-health plan CEO and lifelong baseball fan counsels executives on business success, he draws on past and present baseball greats for inspiration.

ESG has become more material to over two-thirds of asset owners' investment processes in the previous five years, Morningstar says.

Criticism of ESG investing has cut across the political spectrum, with accusations ranging from "woke capitalism" on one end, to "greenwashing" on the other.

The new offering, rolled out to 600 advisors this month, will let clients pay $3,600 a year for services that extend beyond asset management to include tax and trust planning.

The advisor at the center of the case, Chuck Roberts, has been the subject of at least 19 customer complaints since late 2022.

The case is one of the latest to question if firms can be held liable for costly investment decisions made by clients showing signs of mental decline.

Since being first given the green light by regulators two years ago, there are now dozens of these new vehicles available on the market. But experts warn they carry inherent risks for investors.