Wealth management

Financial advisors of all stripes have to adapt to evolving technology and increasing competition from online brokerages and other investment firms. Automation tools can help.

An advisor's move to HighTower sheds light on an issue that bedevils those making the transition: Whether to risk losing partners -- and possibly clients.

Retirement investors could post attractive returns amid high interest rates with high quality intermediate-term bonds: Plus, top mutual funds for 401(k) retirement savings.

Bank wealth management businesses reeled in a record $143.2 billion in revenue in 2014, the most they've ever produced since tracking of the data started in 2007. Here are the top 12 banks whose programs achieved the greatest revenue growth.

A recent rule change has enhanced the appeal of these products. Here's what advisors need to know.

Besides better plans, the personal financial portal of our planning software offers a number of benefits for clients.

The wealth management industry has long been characterized by a lack of diversity. After the success of Raymond James' Women Advisors Network, though, a group of advisors and branch managers at the firm has launched a Black Financial Advisors Network.

Four investments clients can make completely tax-free; Plus, how the mega-rich avoid paying taxes.

Gen Xers can save in their 401(k) plans for a longer period of time compared with baby boomers, and can expect higher tax-deferred investment growth; Plus, the best and worst states for retirement.

CEOs, when questioned in recent earnings calls, offered first impressions of the impacts the proposal may have on the industry.

With college costs soaring, clients may want to help pay for a family member's education. Watch for these trouble spots.

The company's Private Client Group reported a 2% decline in quarterly profits as the firm continued to ramp up its advisor recruiting.

The association of state securities regulators has proposed a rule that would compel advisors to maintain formal business-continuity and succession plans.

Advisors who are helping clients prepare themselves financially for retirement are only doing part of the job needed.

The settlement brings the total global fines for the scandal to about $9 billion, paid by a dozen firms. UBS paid $1.5 billion in 2012.

The firm's wealth management division also reported that pretax operating earnings rose 16% from a year ago.

Both wealth managers, who left UBS, also had a combined $289 million in client assets before making the move, RBC said.

Target date funds charge higher fees and don't perform well during a financial crisis; Plus, three great freebies for retirees.

About a quarter of fee-only advisory firms we surveyed in February said they had changed their fee structure in the past year (as did 20% of all independent firms). So what did they do? We combed through respondents' individual comments to identify several of the changes firms have made.

About a quarter of fee-only advisory firms we surveyed in February said they had changed their fee structure in the past year (as did 20% of all independent firms). So what did they do? We combed through respondents' individual comments to identify several of the changes firms have made.