Wealth management

The forced merger with rival UBS was "the best among bad solutions."

Exchange-traded funds focus on natural gas and technology did horribly last year, but they're still drawing in new money.

Wealth managers are increasingly pledging to address diversity, equity and inclusion in their businesses.

Taxable bond exchange-traded funds have drawn floods of cash ever since two banks collapsed in March and deepened fears of an economic downturn.

Although the new leaders at Merrill could offer advisors new hopes, the firm could well suffer further attrition after Andy Sieg's defection last week to Citigroup.

Some 70 million Americans born after 1996 stand to inherit huge sums of money in the coming decades. But they think about investments, saving and spending in ways often unfamiliar.

The amount of massive advisory practices across the industry more than tripled in a decade, leaving firms like Equius Partners with scale and succession challenges.

Switzerland's top prosecutor opened a probe to gather information into potential crimes that may have taken place around UBS's emergency takeover of Credit Suisse.

Plaus had planned to leave the bank after March 31. But Merrill head Andy Sieg's sudden departure for Citigroup triggered an executive shuffle.

As the big firms keep getting dramatically bigger, industry consultant Advisor Growth Strategies says smaller advisory practices should find scale or get a niche.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial CEO Doug Kennedy is betting that giving his workforce the same hospitality training hotel employees receive will lead to better customer service and a healthier bottom line.

Personalization, customization, flexibility and adaptability are the goals, writes the technology director at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.

In a sudden shift, Merrill's leader of the past six years is heading back to rival Citi, where he will be head of global wealth and drive its expansion.

Collectibles worth up to millions of dollars are securitized into thousands of shares that trade for as little as $10 a pop.

It wouldn't be easy for elite advisors at the bank to leave, for reasons ranging from loyalty to deferred compensation. But as spooked clients demand stability, some competitors see a rare opening to recruit.

For clients who own investment properties, there are options that can make life easier.

Sergio Ermotti, who replaces Ralph Hamers, is tasked with integrating Credit Suisse, a monumental job.

The move comes after Washington State said it would impose a 7% tax on an individual's long-term capital gains exceeding $250,000.

The initiative aims to improve the underrepresentation of women in the financial planning industry, who comprise not even one in four of all CFP credential holders.

Wealthy individuals, not institutional investors, will drive money into alternative assets, data provider Preqin says in a new study.