Collecting information about tobacco use and exercise, gives advisors a better idea about planning for long-term medical care.

A new entrant from Singapore vies for attention in a market that already includes offerings from robo advisors and custodians.

Blucora CEO John Clendening says the cuts to head count should taper off by next year, when the firm will have dropped as many as 1,000 reps in 16 months.

The firm remains in transformational flux, but the results of its "Project E" evolution are beginning to show.

Early adopters of machine learning technology are more likely to expect business increases this year.

The flood of new money may be evidence that investor angst is confined to the highest-flying tech segment and not the industry at large.

I recently came away disappointed from a meeting with a financial planner I’d considered hiring.

The No. 1 IBD adapted Riskalyze to its still-evolving ClientWorks portal and added Black Diamond to its discounted vendor program.

The forthcoming changes will build on digital investments the firm has made recently, according to an executive.

Wealthfront factors in linked investment and retirement accounts for those who want to take a lengthy sabbatical.

Dan Arnold says the firm remains interested if deals are a match for the No. 1 IBD.

The SEC called into question the ability of the cryptocurrency’s exchanges to sufficiently police trading.

The firm will move over to Salesforce’s CRM tool starting next year as part of an effort to boost efficiency with new technology.

At Amazon's first-ever conference for voice-enabled tech, advisors are warned they need to take one crucial step to serve customers using voice assistants.

Advisors should be scrutinizing vendors to find partners who share similar organizational values.

Congress is considering a proposal that would allow small companies to create a multiple-employer retirement plan to enable workers to build savings.

Rising stock markets have encouraged individual investors to add to their holdings.

Acorns co-founder Jeffrey Cruttenden says clients would vote, if they realized they had the rights.

Shannon Saccocia has learned a thing or two about how to prepare. The first female CIO of Boston Private also discusses how financial advisors can remain relevant amid the ongoing shift to passive investing.