Practice and client management

From baggage tags to homemade tamales, here are some of the gifts financial advisors are giving to make clients' holidays merry and bright.

Avoiding fund distributions or using offsetting losses in any month can deliver big savings on payments to Uncle Sam at the end of the year, experts say.

Tech defects complicate Citi's already longshot bid to build a world-class wealth management business.

Financial Planning surveyed money managers across the country to find the firms where they truly thrived. Here are the top 18.

Health coverage. Holiday parties. Golf, football and soccer simulators. Learn why Dana Investment Advisors is the best place to work for money managers.

The bulk of the haul came from the bankrupt crypto company Terraform Labs. But Morgan Stanley, LPL Financial, Ameriprise and other big firms also came under scrutiny.

Experts say firms that seek to serve technology-savvy clients would do well to provide the digital tools they desire.

President-elect Donald Trump's second administration signals the need for empathy and steps to protect estates or consider moving to a new state, advisors say.

The founder of Mitlin Financial said he has enjoyed the transition away from paper documents, traditional business cards and choosing each piece of his technology stack.

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.

Experts have amassed a wealth of resources and evidence to help financial advisors adapt psychological methods to their practices when onboarding customers.