Wealth management

This fringe benefit can take the weight off of the company's human resources department, allow employees to experience the benefits of financial planning and even allow advisors to prospect for new clients.

Massachusetts regulators accused the wirehouse of not conducting proper oversight of stock sales made a First Republic executive shortly before the bank collapsed last year.

The groups managing hundreds of millions are coming over from Merrill, Northwestern Mutual and Wells Fargo.

Professional athletes, who may have struggled financially for years, often suddenly come into large sums of money once they achieve their dreams. That's where a financial advisor can help — especially one who is a former athlete.

The private equity-backed firm's acquisition of Levy Wealth, with its more than $1 billion under management, falls in line with the trends driving industry consolidation.

Snappy Kraken's email builder helps advisors communicate with clients, who are opening those messages at high rates.

The Orion Compare tool offers real-time insights on portfolio changes and works up talking points for clients.

WEALTHAWK is giving advisors data on prospects with "money in motion" events.

Nationwide is developing interactive, personalized training programs in the metaverse.

RBC Wealth's Campaign Central is making advisor emails irresistible for clients.

RBC Wealth's Insights tool gathers data to help advisors deepen client relationships.

Savvy Wealth is giving advisors real-time insights on when their clients may need them most.

DNA Behavior's onboarding tool creates digital proxies of clients to determine behavioral finance traits.

FP Alpha's Estate Snapshot turns client documents into opportunities for holistic planning.

Most Americans wish they had started saving for retirement sooner and that they hadn't withdrawn money early from retirement accounts, a recent study says.

While 65% of asset managers are in some phase of testing out GenAI, only 5% have actually applied it to a firm-wide growth strategy, a KPMG survey found.

The giants of the channel grabbed most of the spots in the rankings, but some of their smaller or midsize rivals are also expanding quickly.

Citigroup finds 31% of the changes needed for the move to faster settlement cycles still have to be completed.

LPL presses forward with deals that have made it one of the fastest-growing firms in recent years.

The figure would mark a 73% jump from the current $5.5 trillion controlled by people represented by family offices, according to the report.