Wealth management

LPL, JPMorgan and Bank of America Private Bank were also among the recruiting winners this week.

Lower interest rates are just one of many factors weighing on the $1.7 trillion market for private debt.

Cloud-based, password-protected accounts are becoming increasingly important for advisors to discuss with clients during the planning process.

An industry recruiter sees RBC Wealth Management's appeal as lying in its international presence and clean reputation.

Racquel Oden, HSBC's head of wealth and personal banking in the U.S., talks about how to guide clients through a year of political and economic upheaval.

Mark Matson aims to help people define and realize their goals by making "academic investing principles accessible to everyday investors," he said.

Navigating Medicare can be a complex task for retirees, and accountants play a crucial role in guiding their clients through this essential aspect of retirement planning.

Leaders from Envestnet, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Dimensional Fund Advisors discuss how technology has made it both easier and yet more challenging for advisors to manage portfolios on their own.

Clients must understand that having too much of their portfolios allocated in cash can mean lower returns over time.

Experts expect the rate cuts to continue, but for how long and how effective they will be in achieving a "soft landing" remain to be seen.

The complementary offerings of family office and wealth management firms have the potential to capture UHNW wallet share and drive up revenues in tandem.

In a highly competitive landscape for tech developers, financial advisor firms often fall short compared to mega tech players and startups. But there are ways to attract top tech talent, advisors and consultants say.

Advisors and industry experts say a historical perspective of the past and a long-ranging view of the future are key in this moment of change.

Jim Rourke and Michael Liu will serve as co-heads of private client partnership development, linking Bank of America's investment bank, Merrill and the firm's private bank.

The firm raises its predictions after finding that fewer customers are shifting cash in pursuit of higher yields.

Edward Jones is also lowering its fees on certain asset ranges and seeing faster-than-expected adoption of the MoneyGuide investing systems.

The accounts are expected to grow by another trillion dollars over the next decade because of their tax and flexibility advantages, Daffy CEO Adam Nash said.

New offering would allow advisors to connect with more than 20 external asset managers.

UBS, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, Bank of America and Cetera were all on the losing end of some of the biggest recruiting deals this week.

The offering comes amid a slowdown in large insitutional investors' funding of private credit and equity.