Practice and client management

A new study shows how the estate planning work of financial advisors carries a direct connection to reducing disparities over time.

The financial services giant lets wealthy clients pick and choose things like assistance with cybersecurity, alternative investments and estate planning.

A government watchdog reports that Labor Department regulations haven't made much of an impact on the levels of disclosure and comprehension.

LPL's financial professionals now have access to a vetted package of AI-powered tools for their practices.

The group of 20 massive companies including Moneta, Chevy Chase, Evoke and Savant manage a combined $343.9 billion in assets under management.

The printable PDF includes rankings based on the firms' AUM and includes number of employees, client accounts and financial advisors.

Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

Jed Finn says the firm's wealth unit could easily meet its operating margin goals if it simply stopped spending money to support advisors. But it's not about to do that.

The Zeplyn Meeting Assistant takes unstructured conversational data and turns it into notes.

More planners are dropping their FINRA registration but keeping some ties to independent wealth management firms once thought to be in a different channel.