To attract new clients—and keep current ones — planners need to step up their game. Here’s how new digital tools can help.

The SEC found that auditing or testing would likely have revealed deficiencies in controls that allowed an employee access to client information at the wirehouse, says leading compliance expert Alan Foxman.

The bank is rolling out a new digital advice offering that pairs robo technology with financial advisers, most of whom have the CFP designation.

Industry insiders say wealth management is going through its biggest upheaval in decades.

Personal Capital CEO Bill Harris argues financial institutions are more focused on product offerings than clients.

"It was terribly important to us that we were participating and supporting a partnership with a firm that is innovating and has strong backing," said Richard Steinmeier, head of the Wealth Advice Center at UBS.

The year-old automated advice service is revealing some new ways advisers use robos — and it's quelling some big fears.

More than 60% of mass affluent clients don't know how much they are charged, according to a new study by consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

"If you're a financial services company and you're not thinking of yourself as a financial tech company, then you're probably in a declining business model," says Rob Foregger, co-founder of NextCapital.

Combine data from your practice with a personal touch to claim that young client who everyone fears is going to leave for a digital adviser.

Despite much innovation, needs of new planners still aren't being met.

Goal-planning and security are two areas where wealth management firms need to innovate most, say Corporate Insight researchers.

"Clients that are buying your services on price are clients that you don’t want," says consultant Jamie McLaughlin.

With retirement accounts being affected by the upcoming fiduciary rule, many advisers aren’t sure what their first step should be.

With a few simple tweaks to their strategy, planners can stop making flubs that can hurt their business — or even their personal brand.

The brokerage firm also added new members to its asset management team.

Better engagement and smart analytics can "lift revenues significantly," according to the Global Wealth Report.

Wealth management "is the least tech literate of all financial services," says Michael Spellacy of PwC.

It's expected that digital platforms will help advisors focus their offerings to serve specific client segments.

Converging movements – fiduciary, technological and demographic – mean new realities for how a planner will act like a professional.