Wealth management

RBC pulls $1.2B and $705M teams from rivals, Merrill gets a $420M duo, and several large M&A deals close.

Scary good voice cloning technology means advisors can no longer believe what — or more accurately, who — they're hearing on the phone. Rigorous verification protocols are the new key to gaining client trust.

Minority transactions are increasingly appealing to sellers who are wary of giving up the full control of their firms. But experts say the deals do come with strings.

The Wall Street mainstay joins JPMorgan and Citi in directing analysts to help give investors more insight into companies not traded on public markets.

The Couch Group's return to Morgan Stanley is the latest evidence that UBS hasn't been able to stop the recent wave of advisor departures.

Transitioning from military to civilian life has its own challenges, but these veterans used their backgrounds to their advantage in their new lives as financial advisors.

Edward Jones added $17B in net new assets despite a sharp slowdown in new client households, reflecting a focus on high net worth clients and specialized services.

Stocks have been on a historic bull run, but the good times can't last forever. Now's the time to diversify with private equity, credit and other alternatives, say wealth managers at Dynasty, Nuveen and WEG.

Sports are in for the ultrawealthy; paintings, out. Some 20% of 111 billionaire families served by the Wall Street giant now own controlling stakes in sports teams.

In a filing with the SEC, Edward Jones announced plans to expand associate ownership by creating a new class of limited partners and a two-tier structure.

The Ensemble Practice's annual RIA compensation survey suggests that firms are paying a pretty penny for financial advisors but reaping healthy profits.

Also, an Ex-Truist/Balentine duo start an RIA, Raymond James grabs a team from Wells Fargo and Janney names a new head of advisor recruiting.

Schwab becomes the latest large wealth manager to cite the shrinking number of publc companies as a reason to help regular investors get into private markets.

Bad things can happen when advisory firm employees experiment with shiny new AI applications. An innocent "test drive" could trigger data breaches and compliance snafus.

Merrill wealth co-head Eric Schimpf says the firm does about as good a job as its rivals in drawing in net new assets. But given Merrill's relationship with Bank of America, "We can do better."

A credit scare last month could have been a momentary blip, but financial advisors have always known there are a lot of risks in private investments.

Deal structure, transition plans and dog and pony shows represent only a few of the thorny difficulties involved with branching into an acquisition strategy, experts say.

The exit of Hannes Hofmann comes amid continuing overhaul of Citi's wealth business and follows on the departure of its private bank's longtime global head Ida Liu.

Fintech platform Libretto outperformed competitors in the financial planning category in the latest T3 Survey. CEO Jeff Coyle said his strategy of slow growth and high quality was working.

Big aggregators could feel the heat if private equity continues to fund $500M to $1B-AUM firms.