A look back at the biggest events and trends that shaped the industry last year.

Regulators rejected a pair of proposals to offer physically backed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, handing crypto enthusiasts a proverbial bag of coal ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Yan Zhao, President of NYDIG as she exploreshow Bitcoin is experiencing wider adoption in the traditional finance world, and why that is.

Decentralized finance is on your clients’ radars, and should be on yours, too.

The regulator’s frequent reviews display shortcomings in three different areas, according to a new GAO report.

Experts discuss the latest ways firms are defining their value propositions and evolving their customer communications, experience and support.

In those early moments, with so much in doubt, my colleague made the call that mattered most: to put his client’s needs ahead of everything else.

Dasarte Yarnway and Emlen Miles-Mattingy plan to launch the Onyx Advisor Network to support women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.

The second year of the pandemic unleashed unprecedented exogenous challenges for financial companies heading into 2022. What core trends will shape the industry moving forward?

The company’s technology is used by more than 150 banks, asset managers and life insurers to oversee more than $1.5 trillion in assets.

Increasing regulatory complexity and cost pressure is driving the latest trend in tech investing.

The direct-to-consumer startup will power an entirely digital policy only available through the insurer’s agents and advisors.

Brokerages cannot be held to the same standard as financial advisors, the fintech company argued.

Individual investors, who reaped eye-popping returns that made some pros chuckle earlier this year, are facing a moment of reckoning.

The settlement follows at least three other cases involving the bank-based brokerage’s supervision this year.

The firm’s newest business unit’s first move is to acquire portfolio personalization software from Optimal Asset Management.

Technology gives investors more opportunity to diversify than ever, but experts worry about exotic strategies in IRAs.

Planner Jesse Abercrombie has built a niche of clients whose needs and interactions with the practice are shifting during a time of remote work and new technology.

Overall customer satisfaction with wealth management apps is improving but still trails other financial services.