Wealth management

Citizens has been on a recruiting and acquisition tear in recent years. Tom Metzger, the recently appointed head of the bank's private wealth unit, says it's just the beginning.

Nearly one out of three advisors at independent broker-dealers has thought about going solo in the past year, a new survey finds.

Wealth management startup Altruist raised $169 million, topping a valuation of more than $1.5 billion.

Here's what advisors at the $2 million production level can expect to earn at large and regional firms

The merger "will fundamentally transform the RIA ecosystem," tru CEO Craig Stuvland says.

Analysts find that funds selling call options tend to do poorly in bull markets and lag behind broader market indexes.

You'd think making $1 million a year for your firm would be considered a lot. But advisors at that level last year have to bring in a bit more to maintain their take-home pay.

A homeowner in New York asks how to make sure her apartment goes to her kids after she dies — and not to Medicaid.

Michael Nathanson will replace interim chief Dan Glaser but remain the chief of The Colony Group as the RIA aggregator consolidates its ranks out of the public eye.

State supreme court rulings granting frozen embryos the same legal status as children will have major impacts on financial planning, writes an expert on estate planning and tax law.

Our continued look at compensation for advisors at different revenue levels considers pay for $600,000-a-year producers.

Wireshouses continue to put the squeeze on advisors at the lower end of the revenue-generation scale.

Many advisors will have to produce more this year to make the same take-home pay as last year, Financial Planning's annual analysis finds, with low producers under pressure to move up the revenue ladder or move on.

Financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients get another year to think through potential tax, distribution and trust strategies, according to experts.

The flood of money into exchange traded funds does little to help most wealth managers who used to reap hefty fees from actively managed mutual funds.

The Wall Street giant has been moving away from providing in-house retail investment advice to finding ways it can support smaller firms.

Retirement doesn't have to mean scrimping and saving. Here are five parts of the country where seniors are living large in their golden years.

Just as a sports car needs paved roads for optimal performance, planning software without fast, accurate and accessible data makes for a bumpy ride for financial advisors and their clients.

The prohibition would be on most contract provisions meant to keep emplolyees from taking jobs with competitors.

Few U.S. adults have done any estate planning. Even fewer have done so for their pets. Advisors can help them get started.