Practice management

Clients who have squirreled away their savings in IRAs and other retirement accounts have new tools at the ready amid shifting rules, four experts said.

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.