Wealth management

Managers of the funds became increasingly involved with private debt last year; boosting their median allocation to 2.9% from 2.1%, data show.

Mariner Wealth Advisors adds to its string of acquisitions, buying two tax practices.

The advisors left Wells Fargo, signaling Stifel’s recruiting push will extend into 2020.

ETFs tracking themes — such as robotics, blockchain and cannabis — closed the year just 1% higher than where it started.

In the 1960s, iconoclastic reformers started a campaign to kill fixed brokerage fees. Today, we’re witnessing the logical culmination of that effort.

BlackCrown tried to call foul on Schwab’s anticipated acquisition, asserting it would become an “unlawful monopoly” and stifle innovation in the custodial marketplace.

While advisors have embraced cheaper trades, the move may have long term effects on strategies for client portfolios.

With astute maneuvering, advisors can add money to a clients’ college-fund kitty without jeopardizing financial aid.

Financial planners should at least consider modeling early retirement to prepare clients for the possibility of uncertainty, says Morningstar.

"Keep records and watch the statute of limitations. The usual IRS statute of limitations is three years after you file your tax return," an expert writes.

Don't neglect the FAFSA and other ideas to help families with annual incomes of more than $300,000.

Other firms have trod a similar expansion path — and stumbled. Will Laidlaw find its footing?

This recently passed bill is groundbreaking retirement legislation and will substantially alter the landscape for employer-sponsored retirement plans and individual savers.

It’s easier — and more lucrative — for financial firms to pander to clients’ worst instincts than help subdue them.

To secure retirement for both spouses, married clients need to determine their savings rate in their 401(k)s and take advantage of the employer's match.

The additions came amid a revamping of the firm’s independent advisor compensation.

Competition with an ever-rising stock market, the difficulty of raising assets and the steady march of time are just a few factors leading managers to the exit.

Now, armed with data from the rule’s rollout in Europe, asset managers in the U.S. have a better sense of each analysts’ worth — fairly or not.