Wealth management

Touchstone Wealth Partners is the fourth team with more than $1 billion in client assets to join Wells Fargo's FiNet unit this year.

For advisors like Chris Diodato of WELLth Financial Planning, everything from insurance to industry software is costing more these days.

Exchange funds could help address some wealthy clients' concentration risks and tax quandaries at the same time.

The addition of Peter Laidlaw to Merrill's offices in San Francisco comes as firm executives aim to engage in "more aggressive recruiting."

A deal is more than just a top-line number and misalignment in culture and communications can cause conflict down the line.

RIA Soltis acquired accounting, tax and advisory firm GDM Private Financial Solutions, the latest example of client demand for integrated wealth and tax planning solutions.

One of the asset management firms also took home the independent research firm's overall award for "exemplary stewardship."

The intersection between HNW clients and private markets is no longer about distribution, but integration.

Gabe Lapito thinks many RIA owners who sell their businesses are looking for a big check to fund their retirement. But he and his partners, almost all in their 30s or early 40s, instead set their sights on adding new clients and assets.

The Minneapolis-based company plans to leverage the arrangement to draw more attention to its growing list of national business lines, transcending its regional reputation.

A Wells Fargo executive is using her own cancer diagnosis as a wake-up call and teaching case for financial advisors and their clients' estate plans.

It's that time of year again! Here's how to nominate a colleague — or yourself — for Financial Planning's annual Rising Star awards.

Michael Outlaw, the recently named president of Rockefeller Global Family Office, says family offices are defined more by the services they offer than by their relationships with wealthy families.

The Trump DOL has said it "has no current plans" for further rulemaking, but that contradicts its own notice of potential regulation last year.

Most financial advisors and their clients are well aware of the in-progress great wealth transfer. But they also admit they're not ready for it.

The expansion of cryptocurrency, stablecoins and tokenized assets means more complexity at tax time, including a brand-new form to manage: 1099-DA.

A proposed Labor Department rule could ease the path for alternative investments in 401(k)s, but advisors may face new due diligence and communication challenges.

Financial advisors and estate planning attorneys say arrangements can be as simple or complex as clients want them to be, but pet trusts are often the best option.

As RIAs look to offer more holistic planning, many are partnering with CPA firms to deliver tax expertise without the cost and complexity of building it in-house.

Rare book collectors can sometimes see a healthy return on an investment, but advisors and other experts say the market is illiquid, and volatile — and books require careful storage and preservation.