Wealth management

The deal marks the fourth purchase for CW Advisors since a private equity firm bought a majority stake in it last year.

Art loans function as lines of credit, so clients draw on them and pay them back as they can.

A FINRA study found nearly 400 firms, or 65% of the broker-dealers surveyed, have some hand in crypto assets and trading, as the once-novel asset class becomes normalized. But that still doesn't make it normal for regulators.

Slight shifts in the makeup of the biggest firms in the channel reflect a more complicated picture than sheer dominance by the giants at the top.

A belief in the exceptional nature of U.S. markets can blind advisors to clients' true risk tolerance.

Regulators have been working their way steadily down from the biggest players in the industry to regional firms in their quest to stamp out abuses of "off-channel" communications.

The Swiss banking giant said a planned change to its yields on clients' uninvested cash will take a $50 million bite out of its net profits.

The largest firms enjoy distinct advantages, to be sure. But many small and midsize independent wealth management firms have an edge, too.

Find all of the figures from Financial Planning's latest annual study of brokerages whose financial advisors aren't employees of the firms.

Advisor consultants say it's time to do a tech gut check as new technology is bloating firms into paying for costly and often unnecessary tech stacks.