Professional development

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.

Based on the “forced experiment” of its remote periodic examinations of broker-dealers, the onsite portion “may not be necessary,” Robert Cook said.

Financial advisor Lazetta Rainey Braxton describes tangible methods for opening minds and advisory practices.

Financial advisors can help the country’s increasingly diverse population, but we must fully realize our vision of recruiting more young and racially diverse talent.

Unnerving as this COVID-19 year has been, the massive shift to virtual business has propelled planners to work even more efficiently with clients.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has scrambled normal wealth management operations.

One of the largest professional designation and training schools launched a program to award free tuition to at least 25 students in the next year.