Macroeconomic trends and matters of convenience will move advisors, assets and markets next year in the ever-changing wealth management space.

Six major trends to watch next year include M&A and the breakaway broker movement.

Guess what? It’s not where the biggest AUM is.

Here’s what is underpinning the creation of a firm with more than 320 advisors and $200 billion in assets.

Wealth management transaction activity will reach a record level for the sixth straight year in 2018, according to one forecast.

Demand for advice is exceeding capacity as about 150,000 prospective clients have reached out to the firm this year alone, Ric Edelman says.

B. Riley is grabbing a majority stake in National Holdings while pledging to be a passive investor in the overhauled firm.

Think RIAs are valued at two times gross revenue. Think again.

A chief operating officer can be a firms' secret weapon for growth.

Acquisitions in wealth management have proven tricky in recent years.