Wealth management

Artificial intelligence is among three themes rapidly shaping development of advisor technology, said firms gathered at the T3 Enterprise conference.

For advisors that make a claim of misconduct the deck appears stacked in favor of the employers.

The No. 1 IBD added a practice with $520 million in client assets from rival Cambridge before walking back a new policy that has resulted in departures.

The Wealth Enhancement Group has reached $9.7 billion in client assets under a slew of M&A deals and substantial organic growth.

From barbecue sauce to jumping out of planes, planners share their strategies of bonding with investors.

Consolidators and large RIAs were leading buyers in the third quarter.

When two agencies are probing your firm, it doesn’t hurt to ask that they coordinate their efforts.

Here's a look at the cities where both home purchase prices and monthly rents are starting to ease.

While it may be unnerving, a notice of an examination doesn’t necessarily mean defeat.

The firm charges a very low fee but then steers customers to — can you guess? — its own funds.

You cannot fake it. You cannot read a book about it. You need to dine at the franchises to best understand this niche market.

While tax reform has been a mixed bag for muni bonds, a few factors working in their favor include constrained supply this year, as well as historically low defaults.

The life planning innovator hopes to spark hundreds of conversations aimed at building an ideal civilization.

CEO Manny Roman expects the move will help the firm cash in when the next economic downturn comes.

Clients surprised me when I asked for their opinions about the planning tool. Plus, how to find out if you're an "innovator" or a "laggard."

Small company stocks stumbled in the very recent past but have outperformed over the long term.

You’ll probably find administrators blocking the backdoor Roth IRA strategy more than anyone else, says Kimberly Foss, planner, author and Financial Planning contributor. That’s when you’ll have to adopt the role of educator, she says.

Advisors see raising their rates as a difficult topic to broach, but one RIA coach has a variety of methods for approaching it.

Earnings reports this week showed the firms are increasingly rushing into a booming market for lending to wealthy clients. So far, it’s paying off.

The launch adds to the trend of banks attempting to tap into their base of retail checking account customers as a way to create instant scale in low-cost wealth management.