Wealth management

Following Don Plaus's retirement announcement last week, Merrill is moving around longtime veteran insiders to fill his role.

The partnership brings Opto's private market software to Merchant's slate of partner firms managing more than $140 billion in assets.

The RIA acquirer's private equity deal followed a year of sharply rising profits despite slumping stocks and bonds in 2022.

The bank will try to convince investors that its Asset and Wealth Management arm is poised to make Goldman more competitive.

The LifeSync platform could help advisors bring in new clients who are close to existing clients, as well as win over new held-away assets.

The company that provides services to 106,000 posted financial results that were a mixed bag of big-picture wins and notable setbacks.

In addition to voluminous recordkeeping, due diligence and expense, what constitutes a "covered function" may vary from firm to firm.

Goldman Sachs is offering its richest clients access to a fundraising round for Stripe, the payments giant that's trying to raise billions in part to cover a looming tax bill.

While new data shows Black individuals investing more, the trend has been driven by a focus on riskier investments.

To aid difficult advisor-client conversations about money and love, the wealthtech firm is rolling out a new tool to help advisors become quasi "life coaches."

Don Plaus, a Merrill veteran who oversaw the Private Wealth advisors' expansion in Florida, came from a "modest background" but over a long career, rose to lead teams advising many of the world's richest people.

As more and more elderly Americans take on freelance jobs, what does it mean to be "retired"?

Liquid assets have often ended up at big banks or in sweep programs, which look much less attractive for clients' yields every time the Fed raises interest rates.

Actively managed exchange-traded funds have accounted for nearly one-third of ETF flows so far this year, a record share.

Customers will enter or modify their financial goals in Life Sync, which will immediately alert their financial advisor. 

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The tech nerd-turned-wealthtech exec accidentally stumbled into financial services via a job line in the late '90s. Here's how that happy accident changed everything for him and scores of advisors.

The regional firm said it was offering Instagram Professional to advisors and would roll out YouTube and Spotify podcasting programs later this year to help with client acquisition and retention.

The founders of the Financial Professionals Coalition contend that most industry groups back firms and big players. They plan to stand up for the little guy.

The Finra report suggests that advisors looking to tap into these clients will find savers with improved financial capabilities.