Best-in-class IT management and cybersecurity protection means RIAs must also focus on their base layer — the tech stack.

The custodial giant is aiming to cut down on the time involved with opening accounts — which advisors often view as a drain.

In the first episode of Financial Planning's new podcast series, Tobias Salinger talks with advisor Dasarte Yarnway about how he “fought and clawed” his way into the profession and discusses the ambitious goals he’s working toward for his RIA, as well as the industry.

“It’s no longer about coming to market and getting funding with some kind of novel pitch and seeing if it sticks,” says an industry analyst.

The technology provider has become a leading data aggregator. But questions have surfaced about its use of customer data.

The firm's chief Eric Clarke says there are multiple suitors.

Advisors should be increasingly aware of how banks are shaping client expectations.

The SEC-approved ETF strategy protects “the intellectual alpha of active managers.”

Timely trading in less-heralded semiconductor markers and firms committed to energy without fossil fuels produced a 54% total return last year, data show.

The bank was accused of infringing on another firm's patent for a mobile deposit system.

Asset managers stand to gain from an SEC-approved ETF structure since “selection of securities is the intellectual property for which they are paid fees.”

The partnership will likely help both industry titans with their long-term strategic plans.

The No. 1 IBD adapted the Envestnet planning software to its digital advisor workstation as it looks for ways to maximize advisors’ efficiency.

The banking tech trends that will dominate 2020

With Portfolio Intelligent Income, the discount brokerage is shifting some of its focus toward clients ready to spend their investments.

The commission-free brokerage did not reasonably review “hundreds of thousands of orders each month,” according to the regulator.

While these 20 dizzying changes will throw some for a loop, financial advisors and their clients grow more powerful each year.

“There definitely will be people who don’t win in this,” says Altruist founder Jason Wenk.