Wealth management

The deal to buy Natixis' overlay management services comes amid a general push by the St. Louis-based firm to broaden its appeal to HNW clients.

The momentum is clearly accelerating behind registered investment advisory firms, but every individual team's choice requires careful consideration.

Politics are playing an outsize role in portfolio management. Here's how experts see the fixed-income sector changing under the pending One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

As college costs rise, parents are resorting to increasingly costly means to pay for their children's educations. Financial advisors say the loss in retirement savings is rarely recovered.

Impact investment through municipal bonds is generally perceived as risky. But it doesn't have to be that way.

To best serve LGBTQ clients, financial advisors must understand their unique needs and challenges, from diverse household structures and retirement plans to the correct use of pronouns.

Aaron Klein, former Nitrogen CEO, seeks to disrupt the market for AI note-takers.

Osaic and UBS have both been on the losing end of some recruiting deals in recent months, while this week Cambridge, Rockefeller and RBC were on the winning end.

The baby boomer generation is now in the retirement phase, and many clients want more predictable income and less of a roller coaster with their nest egg.

CEO Kunal Kapoor and other speakers explained how the shifting trends shaping the industry mean that advice is getting even more important.

They can be illiquid, pricey and opaque, and some advisors say the performance doesn't justify the hype. Others say the assets can offer meaningful advantages.

Financial advisors can help clients find the right assistance and cost effective strategies throughout recovery.

Financial advisors report a variety of pros and cons with either setup, and experts say the decision comes down to highly particular factors at each advisory practice.

Quinn's technology could open personalized financial planning to clients who long weren't on advisors' radar screens.

Patrick Funke & Associates' decision to join Commonwealth Financial Network suggests that despite its pending purchase by LPL, Commonwealth still appeals to advisors seeking a smaller setting.

Roughly 200 advisors at the firm are being named "founder specialists" for their track record helping entrepreneurs do everything from set up employee-benefit plans to take their firms public.

The industry is awaiting SEC approval for dozens of applications, even as Vanguard's shareholder case highlights some of the tax complexity of the looming shift.

Many advisors face challenges building trust with Asian-American clients. Here are key strategies to establish those relationships.

Also this week, Raymond James pulls from Ameriprise, UBS from Morgan Stanley and LPL from RBC.

A consulting firm's report on the future of the channel reveals the ambivalence and frustration many feel about the impact of M&A consolidation.