Professional development

The organization’s new Thrive Center for Diversity will seek to address the lack of representation of race, ethnicity, age and sexual preference, in addition to gender disparities, in wealth management.

In the newly created position of vice president of digital solutions, Peter Clemson will oversee the creation of a unified platform for 11,000 advisors.

Documents shed light on how two brokers overseeing trainees allegedly called hundreds of phone numbers on Merrill’s Do Not Call list.

Recruiting and retention of talent looms large for Advisor Group after it rolled up three firms in the wake of a massive acquisition.

The brokers collectively generated more than $88 million in annual revenue while overseeing nearly $15 billion in assets under management.

At an average age of 37, the top-producing brokers operate in 18 different states, plus the District of Columbia and Guam.

One of the largest wealth managers aims to attract more teams out of the crop of nearly 7,000 advisors leaving employee-channel firms each year.

Eastern Michigan’s program aims to connect people with disabilities and financial advisors to research and industry resources.

Even as the numbers improve, Black and Hispanic advisors are still vastly underrepresented within the industry.

With an eye on pathways to fee-only practices and away from an “eat what you kill” philosophy, four planners aim to usher in a more diverse profession.

Homogeneous industries and male executives are the primary target clients of the new consultancy, Kathleen Zemaitis says.

While many companies and organizations try, diversity and inclusion efforts within the financial services have generally failed. What needs to be done in order to succeed? Join us for a panel discussion featuring guests from the Access Denied: Systemic Racism in Financial Services podcast.

Here are prep techniques and resources for candidates taking a test that can seem daunting.

Know a talented young advisor? Now’s your chance to nominate them for our annual rankings.

Here’s how RIAs are falling short in their support for pregnant and new mothers and what they can do to change it, according to advisor Rianka Dorsainvil.

Despite tangible evidence dispelling that it's hard to find Black talent, the financial services have yet to crack the code when it comes to building a representational workforce. But is it a sufficient solution on its own?

In order to avoid treating DEI as a fad, #DoingTheWork in wealth management ought to start with these critical steps, financial advisor Lazetta Braxton writes.

The company is turning to what it sees as a talent pool with proven success rates.

Charlie Scharf’s insensitive and factually incorrect remark perpetuates a damaging trope, financial advisor Lazetta Braxton writes.

Actions hit a nine-year high and restitution climbed to the highest total since 2013 — even before the rule’s heightened scrutiny.