Wealth management

A note by Morningstar DBRS analysts warned of the risks working against big RIA aggregators' success in consolidating a fragmented channel of the industry so rapidly.

Starting your own RIA can be emotionally taxing and require extensive work — and it comes with some surprises. Here's what founders said caught them off guard when launching their own firms.

Clients may be wary of younger financial advisors, but firms can build strategies to allay those concerns and foster their talent.

A value resurgence will overtake growth-stock dominance — the catalysts are already in motion, says Bernard Horn of Polaris Capital Management.

The big moves hit the Swiss firm as it continues to lose advisors on a net basis — though now it's reportedly sweetening its recruiting offers.

As funding questions persist for Social Security and Medicare Part A, speakers at the recent AICPA conference discussed how advisors can guide clients through complex benefit rules and options.

Difficult personal experiences led the founder of virtual firm YGC Wealth to become the first strategic advisor to BestFarewell, a technology start-up that aims to help grieving families process and organize end-of-life planning documents.

If you have clients with college-age children earning money from their name, image and likeness, are they responsible enough to handle it and protect it?

Despite predictions of mass white-collar job losses from AI, two major firms have chosen the "human plus AI" approach.

Nearly one-quarter of long-term couples admit to hiding a money secret from their partner, according to a recent study. But when it comes to advisors helping these clients, it's not actually about the numbers, one behavioral expert said.

For some RIAs — particularly those that focus on financial planning — adopting a flat-fee structure can make more sense than a traditional AUM-based model.

Kitces Marketing Summit 2026 organizers Michael Kitces and Taylor Schulte lined up a half dozen speakers who shared accessible organic growth strategies.

The number of private tax-advantaged foundations and the amount of assets contained in them has reached nearly $2 trillion, even as the administration considers imposing new taxes.

Nearly two years into a pilot program designed to test remote inspections of brokers' residential and other remote offices, FINRA feels comfortable enough with the results to push for a permanent policy.

The latest Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook (FACO) finds advisor sentiment turned slightly pessimistic again this month as financial planners looked for ways to insulate clients' portfolios from global economic shocks.

There's value in having money in one place, but some 401(k) rules make rollovers more trouble than they're worth.

As brokerage firms keep getting sued for allegedly not providing clients fair returns on their uninvested cash, the SEC tells investment advisors they also have legal liabilities.

Longevity and constant financial tickers these days often trigger retirees' fears that they will outlive their assets. Here's how financial advisors can coach them through.