Practice and client management

From estate planning to Medicare advice, financial advisors can offer serious value in the coming year.

The sixth-largest U.S. bank has big plans to grow its private bank by developing young talent, as it prepares to target many of the hottest markets for young wealth.

Electronic messaging, Reg BI, crypto and fraud all appeared at the top of regulators' agenda this past year.

High net worth Americans are unprepared, research suggests, as risks from issues such as climate disaster and personal liability are growing.

In the first edition of a new wealthtech series from Financial Planning, FP Alpha CEO Andrew Altfest talks about the magic number of solutions an advisor should rely on while showing us his stack.

The deal displays the growing flexibility LPL is offering financial advisors as part of its ambition to reach the entire wealth management marketplace.

From top brokers and broker pay to succession planning, advising for Medicare, ChatGPT and our coverage of the independent space, these are the biggest stories FP published in the last year.

A new Cerulli report suggests that one of banks' best opportunities to grow in the coming years is right under their nose, with a client segment they often ignore.

The hottest topic in tech over the past 12 months had a major presence in the world of financial services.

The Reverence Capital Partners-backed firm will add 1,450 financial advisors and $108 billion in client assets upon the expected close next year.

The deal follows several others in the past 12 months and reflects growing demand for retirement plan services to small businesses, Edelman said.

There are gaps to be filled, granted, but tech is transforming the industry and upping the quality of financial advice and the how it's delivered, write wealthtech leaders Andrew Altfest, Philipp Hecker and Nathan Stevenson.

Younger clients need help managing multiple competing goals and remembering to save for their golden years, a study shows.

Recruiters see the banking giant's offering as central to its bid to retain top teams and prevent them from going independent.

Writer Rich Lippman spotted a hole in the marketplace: There was no fun take on how to make an estate plan. His new book aims to fill that void.

The veteran wealth management duo wants to close the gap between what the advice industry is, and what it has the potential to become.

Williams, a former Chicago Bulls basketball player who was the second overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, co-founded Simatree, a strategic advisory firm focused on data, analytics and technology consultation.

Bans on working at brokerage firms don't lead to prohibitions on acting as an RIA as often as one might think.

The change comes over massive overhaul as the mega bank seeks to build divison under Sieg.

Assessing your RIA through a sustainability lens can serve a range of stakeholders including employees, clients and the environment.