Wealth management

Firms must offer them to tap new talent amid the industry’s succession problems, the custodian says.

The advisers previously worked at RBC Wealth Management, with one of them making the firm’s Chairman’s Council.

The two advisers bolted in a quarter that saw their ex-firm lose 130 advisers.

This is the second time Jefferies has poached Miami-based adviser talent from the wirehouse.

Depending on business mix, some advisers could see a pay cut.

Marketing and sales strategies are better received when firms provide information advisers are actually seeking.

There are two that hold stocks that have boosted dividends for 20 years or more.

The firm's headcount has steadily declined since the bogus account scandal came to light last year.

The engine of future growth for the top independent broker-dealers is likely to be fees.

The firm joined BlackRock as a strategic partner of the alternative investment tool aimed at wealthy clients. Plus; other launches.

The app allows users, many of them first-time investors, to get started for as little as $5.

"With 15,000 financial advisors, it's hard to change financial planning software. It's hard to change the day-to-day stuff," adviser Jim Denholm III says.

Artificial intelligence can help wealth managers serve clients better, but some say the technology is too immature to be useful right now.

Here are ways to help your high-net-worth clientele invest in exotic categories safely and wisely.

"The numbers are all in a positive direction" as advisers shrug off threats to growth.

Naureen Hassan says tools in development will make advisers "faster and smarter" in serving clients.

Expanding the fiduciary role of CFPs is a good thing — but the fine print is worth sweating.

Fundamental indexing is drawing more scrutiny, and greater concern about how these indexes are assembled.

If these ratios increase along with stock prices, how high is too high?

The RIA's 7th deal in 16 months is for a $160M adviser.