Practice and client management

Financial planning careers pay well and offer great prospects, but many students still don't know they exist.

A couple in New Jersey has enough savings to finally own their home outright. Should they seize their chance or put their money elsewhere?

The online portals could make working with the agency easier for financial advisors, tax professionals and their business owner clients.

From AI to video, advisor marketing is evolving. On this week's FP Podcast, the leader of the award winning marketing technology firm explains how financial planners can keep pace.

From ordinary couples to the ultrarich, people of any wealth level are vulnerable to financial abuse and domestic violence. Wealth managers, who can see into a household's finances, can make a difference.

New research released during the annual eMoney Summit says understanding, technology and trust are the keys to a more engaged client base.

Beneficiaries and retirement account owners born in 1951 in particular may be in luck.

CEO Dan Arnold said on the firm's last earnings call that the tools were "receiving positive early feedback and demand in the marketplace."

A handful of insurance companies are remaining in the adjacent field or boosting their holdings, even as many of their rivals sell off most of their advisory businesses.

Columbia Wealth Advisors consists of roughly 50 advisors and other professionals affiliated with a large regional bank.

The number of wealthy Asian Americans is growing. But most RIAs courting them are missing a key approach, according to one firm that is doing it differently.

The Practice Intel growth platform made its debut this week with some well-known names at the helm and a mission to quantify crucial parts of the advisor-client relationship.

See the ranking of firms like Ballentine Partners, Pathstone, Facet, Savant, EP Wealth and Moneta Group, along with some lesser-known companies.

The CRPC is a popular sister certification of the CFP. FP spoke with the program's head and with advisors who say it's a must-have credential for retirement planning.

Regulators promise to pay special attention to how firms are using technology to not only guide investments but also to protect client data.

At the start of the year, we asked wealth managers to predict the future. Nine months later, it looks like they did a pretty good job.

Proponents expect crypto to gain legitimacy and come to clients at lower costs if the SEC signs off as it's expected to do.

Competitors to the giant custodians say they're developing their own programs even as members of existing networks push back against some of the criticism.

Merrill president and co-head Lindsay Hans said the firm is well-positioned for the "largest asset-gathering opportunity that FAs have seen in decades."