Wealth management

Unnerving as this COVID-19 year has been, the massive shift to virtual business has propelled planners to work even more efficiently with clients.

New digital integrations with CAIS and iCapital make it easier for independent advisors to access private equity and hedge funds.

Previously, criteria focused on an investor’s wealth. Now, a broader group has access to investments that include private company offerings and certain private equity funds.

Lower transaction costs can often come with higher expense ratios at the nation’s largest IBD.

As millennial and Gen-Z women take more control of their own finances and those of their families, they’re becoming less tolerant of bias, research found.

Depending on the economy and the election, they could be on the chopping block as soon as 2021.

The group includes an advisor who started his career at Merrill in 1977.

This follows another August acquisition — an ex-UBS team that managed $1 billion in assets.

The slate of new hires come from several competitors including Wells Fargo and Edward Jones.

The new recruits include a 34-year industry veteran.

The move is one of the largest of the year.

New regulations have altered advice for Social Security, Roth conversions, tax code, estate planning and much more. Financial plans must be crafted with enough flexibility to change with the times.

Gifting embedded loss assets can avoid a step-down in basis and preserve capital losses. Here's how to go about it, under several scenarios.

The ready-made strategies have been around for years, but in an era of fee wars and ETFs its popularity is exploding.

The company’s new self-guided tool will generate a plan for clients in as little as 15 minutes.

The new information sheds light on how an industry leader is grappling with one of the profession’s most pressing issues.

Successful entrepreneurs see themselves in advisors who show creativity, resourcefulness and guts during this tough time — and they’ll remember.

The new additions oversaw more than $275 million at their former employers.

Clients opened almost 1.2 million retail accounts, boosting flows to mutual funds and ETFs, the firm reports.

The regulator charged a $1.4 billion hybrid firm over disclosure of its cash sweep arrangements with its clearing firm.