Wealth management

One of the most successful recruiting firms in recent years, LPL again finds happy hunting grounds at its rival giant in the independent brokerage channel.

The industry's growth has set records in the number of firms, client assets and M&A deals. These firms stand out from their peers, though.

Unexpected perks of family philanthropy can include mended rifts, improved financial literacy and next-gen involvement in generational wealth.

Small-cap funds may be an attractive element of a diversified portfolio, but you wouldn't necessarily know that looking at the data from this year.

The new rule comes after advisors had expressed concerns about personal safety and data privacy.

These 12 independent wealth management firms are setting a higher bar than their peers, but they and the industry still have a very long way to go.

Between updated rules on cryptocurrencies from the Internal Revenue Service and Vice President Harris' growing electoral support, here are recent items most important to the financial planning industry.

The outcome of the November election is likely to have a significant effect on interest rates, tax cuts and deregulation — in turn affecting client portfolios.

The deal marks the fourth purchase for CW Advisors since a private equity firm bought a majority stake in it last year.

Art loans function as lines of credit, so clients draw on them and pay them back as they can.

A FINRA study found nearly 400 firms, or 65% of the broker-dealers surveyed, have some hand in crypto assets and trading, as the once-novel asset class becomes normalized. But that still doesn't make it normal for regulators.

Slight shifts in the makeup of the biggest firms in the channel reflect a more complicated picture than sheer dominance by the giants at the top.

A belief in the exceptional nature of U.S. markets can blind advisors to clients' true risk tolerance.

Regulators have been working their way steadily down from the biggest players in the industry to regional firms in their quest to stamp out abuses of "off-channel" communications.

The Swiss banking giant said a planned change to its yields on clients' uninvested cash will take a $50 million bite out of its net profits.

Find all of the figures from Financial Planning's latest annual study of brokerages whose financial advisors aren't employees of the firms.

The largest firms enjoy distinct advantages, to be sure. But many small and midsize independent wealth management firms have an edge, too.

Advisor consultants say it's time to do a tech gut check as new technology is bloating firms into paying for costly and often unnecessary tech stacks.

Freshly split from Raymond James, a new hybrid RIA plans a multiphase transition that will culminate in over $3B in AUM.

Advyzon has grown for more than a decade using the strategy that all technology should be built in-house, even if it takes longer.