Wealth management

A former Morgan Stanley adviser and medalist in swimming offers tips for keeping long-term objectives on course.

No adviser alone can be an expert for all clients' needs. Here’s how to build a network of fellow professionals, influencers and experts.

The recruit switched wirehouses again after 7 years.

Investors have once again taken a liking to taxable bond funds — a marked difference from last year. Advisers may find that clients are taking notice, too.

Retired air traffic controller and former FPA president Richard Salmen was named to a one-year term in 2018, succeeding Blaine Aiken.

The next installment of our annual listing, organized alphabetically.

Recent research shows how advisers work and how they like to communicate.

Digital wealth management firms see the way to reach millennial clients is through student debt.

Diversification is a key word in the financial lexicon. But it is neither well-defined nor desirable in and of itself. What investors really need is efficiency.

Median operating profit declined more than 6 percentage points in 2015.

In the near future, an adviser's role will partly be providing help desk support to clients, says Uday Singh, a partner with A.T. Kearney, at SourceMedia's In|Vest conference.

Clients expect their emails and texts to be responded to nearly instantly, says Earl Jefferson, founder of Texas-based advisory 7th Harvest Investments.

Four elite advisers who left the independent channel to launch their own RIA deliver blow to Wells Fargo's target of a best-ever recruiting year.

See which independent broker-dealers have the highest revenue.

Also, Dynasty lured teams managing nearly $1 billion in client assets to independence.

Planners may be called on to invest assets within a client’s trust, but the ability to do so can vary greatly. What's more, the election outcome could eliminate some trusts altogether.

Some firms are still hesitant about hiring graduates from college or university programs, but that may be changing, writes Editor-in-Chief Chelsea Emery.

The seven recruits made the move from three wirehouses, Raymond James and Stifel.

Top advisers are using these strategies to create well-balanced portfolios.

Hiring is one of the toughest challenges firms face. Are college graduates from four-year programs the answer?