Wealth management

The White House’s sweeping proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy will likely force advisors to get creative as they structure sales of their practices.

The administration’s American Families Plan includes a bump in the top tax rate to 39.6%, but doesn’t specify thresholds for different types of filers.

Aside from their rock-bottom fees, those with the largest gains have at least one commonality: asset allocation.

It’s time to revisit your firm’s protocols to ensure they make sense given widespread tech adoption during the pandemic, writes Wes Stillman.

If employees are a company’s greatest assets, then children are a person’s greatest treasure.

The administration's plan would eliminate a break that allows heirs to use the market value of assets at the time of a transfer, rather than the actual purchase price.

The 20-advisor team left Advisor Group’s Securities America for the private equity-backed holding company’s independent subsidiary, Cadaret Grant.

The RIA roll-up could make as many as a dozen deals in 2021 through the new source of capital, CEO Marty Bicknell says.

The actively managed offering will be available as soon as this summer, according to sources familiar with the plans.

In releasing their annual snapshot, state securities agency officials pledged to provide clarity around the compliance headache for small practices.

If passed, the package would end the step-up in basis provision, which will mean significantly larger tax bills for wealthy estates.

Biden’s proposal to raise capital gains taxes on investments profits would hit many business owners, not just ultra-wealthy investors.

Bailard appointed Sonya Thadhani Mughal under a succession plan and a series of moves unveiled by the wealth and fund company.

Too many Americans don't understand how these tax-advantaged accounts can help with college savings, writes Andrea Feirstein.

Younger workers are more prone to monetary concerns than their older counterparts, due to a lack of savings and other factors, a recent survey found.

Advisors who leave wirehouses face key tax considerations to become successful RIAs.

Moves and news at Macquarie, Rockefeller, Vanguard, Orion, and elsewhere in the financial-advice industry this week.

Outmoded, unpopular, a tad unsavory: the once-ubiquitous title is now out of favor.

The six-person will focus on ultra-high-net-worth families and individuals in South Florida.

From compliance to technology and succession, advisors may be under the wrong impressions about launching their own firms.