Practice and client management

Trustworthy, a digital vault for consumers to store and find documents, recently expanded its platform to advisors and financial professionals. Here's what's next for the AI-backed startup.

A traditional focus of organic growth efforts is receding in importance for prospective customers — making a strong online footprint a requirement, experts say.

Experts say it's important to examine clients' relationships with money but there is an ethical line when such conversations should be led by licensed professionals.

The SEC, FINRA and other agencies have been closely watching social media posts related to financial advice. Consultants share how to attract young investors on social media without encountering regulatory pitfalls.

Firms operating in areas where groups who live either partially or completely separately from the rest of society — including the Amish, Mennonites and Orthodox Jews — have stepped in to serve their members.

Client discussions about legacy planning, taxes and financial objectives inevitably raise questions that, often enough, only insurance can address.

She and former business partner Lazetta Rainey Braxton moved back to their own standalone firms. Here's a look at Dorsainvil's approach to practice management.

Even — or especially — for financial planners, retiring isn't easy. Here's how to let go of the business and embrace what comes next.

For financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients, the opportunities and acronyms look endless. Three experts explain the key questions to consider.

With the recent bull market being driven by just a few companies, many clients are asking: Why wasn't I in that stock? Here's how to answer.

After my last column about spreading out the tax season, several readers contacted me to share their experiences about making busy season more sane.

Advisors who don't consistently make their dollars-and-cents value apparent to clients risk not only being undervalued but also "laid off."

Asset-Map's founder and CEO H. Adam Holt talks on the power of creating visuals for clients to see their financial lives and the firm's next steps in going holistic.

An aging advisor base, continuing consolidation in M&A deals and shrinking organic growth are causing teams to consider changes, J.D. Power said.

GYL Financial sees the services as a fiduciary duty to its customers alongside the industry's business incentives and compliance requirements.

Firms that haven't been afraid of generous recruiting offers have shown the greatest growth in recent years.

Art carries higher rates than most investments, but financial advisors and their clients can tap into trusts, charitable donations, loss harvesting and the stepped-up basis.

Leaders in wealth management name their top AI tools used every day in the workplace, from scheduling apps to automating content and slideshow presentations.

FINRA's settlement with Merrill gives the wirehouse credit for "extraordinary cooperation" with its investigation.

Morningstar's study suggests that emotional or personal motivations are just as important or even more significant than a need for "functional" professional services.