Wealth management

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Nearly 110 other advisors have left the boutique Commonwealth since April for firms including Raymond James, Purshe Kaplan Sterling, Cambridge Investment Research and Kestra.

The Swiss financial giant also saw its assets flow out of its Americas business in the second quarter as advisors left and clients set aside billions for taxes.

After a difficult start to the year, Stifel reported a strong second quarter, with record AUM and net revenue figures for its wealth management division.

The question looms especially large for startups breaking into the field, but there are no straightforward answers. Here's a guide for financial advisors.

Women are gaining trillions in assets every year. Advisors who want to be recommended by women clients to other women to manage it should learn what not to say.

Emily Dreas, who became a senior executive for the firm's New York market earlier this year, has been busy filling out the firm's leadership ranks with hires from industry rivals.

A client who passes the assets to an older generation could get them back or have them transferred to children at a step-up in basis with an "upstream" gift.

When Tony Blagrove, founder and CEO of Traveka Wealth in Los Altos, California, started his independent RIA 18 months ago, his first order of business was being an "early adopter" of these emerging tools.

SmartAsset launched a basic calculator to explain the benefits of comprehensive planning in dollar terms that any prospect could understand quickly.