Wealth management

The tax-efficient, low-cost funds may have an even greater advantage over traditional mutual funds due to the IRS's lack of a definition for "substantially identical" securities.

From LPL Financial's legal challenges to a continuing education scam that involved more than 60 brokers, these are the stories our readers flocked to in 2024.

From classic standbys of business and finance to motivational self-help to modern fiction and more, check out 15 books that helped financial advisors in their practices this year.

Experts say the playing field has fundamentally changed as fractional ownership and other paths to access make alternative investments increasingly available.

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors President Eric Housman thinks his bank's $2 billion advisory practice still occupies a distinct position in the industry. But it's not likely to stay that way.

From trending independence to the rise in AI in wealth management, these stories and series dove deep on issues of utmost importance to financial advisors in 2024.

Trump returns to the White House promising both deregulation and tariffs, the Fed considers whether to keep dropping interest rates or not and markets, which hit new highs in 2024, are watching it all closely in the new year.

Michael Bernier oversaw roughly $165 million in client assets at Canter Strategic Wealth Management, a firm with $300 million under management. Then he left to join LPL.

Here are the ways Americans fell behind on their estate planning in 2024 — and how financial advisors can help them catch up.

AI-driven faux-emotional chatbots pose existential questions about the future of human financial advisors.

Blending CPAs and CFPs into a team larger than the sum of its parts requires meticulous planning and client education.

Advancements in AI, helping advisors cater to DIY investors and providing access to alternative assets and private markets are some of the trends coming next year.

Here's a roundup of tax-related news and insights on politics, practice management, investment strategies, health savings accounts, estate planning and more.

Cetera also names the next president of its wealth management division and Corient scoops up a $7.9 billion RIA in Maine.

Regulators accused UBS of not doing enough to monitor 22 brokers who generated commissions and sales concessions of syndicate preferred stocks.

ESG and like investments have come under fire, but a US SIF report seems to see some positivity in the sector despite concerns about greenwashing and greenhushing.

The asset sales carry complexity requiring careful thought and expert advice, but they could prove beneficial to some wirehouse breakaways or RIA succession plans.

While at Schwab, Roberto Ortega worked with clients whose accounts held more than $1.5 billion. A lawsuit seeks to bar him from soliciting their business for his new employer.

In time for the season of giving, the new functionality allows those on the philanthropic planning platform to encourage others to join them in supporting causes they care about.

The funds, although unlikely to be profitable on their own, are seen as a way to find clients for other services offered by Morgan Stanley.