Wealth management

This analysis may help calm jittery clients when their portfolios take a sharp downturn.

When trying to predict and plan for Alzheimer’s, diabetes and other genetic diseases, certain tests seem attractive. Are they worth the time and money?

Planners appear to be breaking away from the AUM fee structure.

The planner is among the brightest minds in the financial planning profession, but his endorsement of the organization's certification standards is "decidedly enigmatic."

Flat fees may not be as profitable or scalable, but they have significant benefits.

Advisors report what they love — and hate — about tech at companies holding client assets.

The move follows calls for reform. Banned brokers, acting in lieu of attorneys, have made a living for decades representing investors.

Firms face a complex world of increasing data volumes, regulations, reporting demands and multi-asset class complexity.

The frothy seller’s market for advisory firms may be coming to end, says veteran dealmaker Peter Raimondi.

Those who anticipate big benefits for charitable giving may be disappointed. Here’s what their advisors should know.

Concerns mount about the aggregator counting tuck-ins as organic growth.

Clients are advised to diversify their tax positioning when investing for retirement, one expert says. This can be done by contributing to three buckets: taxable, IRA (pretax) and Roth (posttax).

The boardroom advice team meeting, once reserved for the wealthiest, is an option advisors can offer to more clients thanks to increased digitization.

Investigators say the onetime FiNet branch manager preyed on “particularly vulnerable” clients, including several with dementia.

From public service to operating a craft brewery, planners are keeping busy outside the office.

The company has its incentives, but here’s what could be waiting for advisors.

The bank is the world’s top stock underwriter.

The decision by Carson Group’s CEO came after a two-year examination of the business revealed some changes that needed to be made.

The regional brokerage isn’t slowing down its recruiting efforts.

A months-long court fight ended when a judge granted the wirehouse’s request to restrict the advisors’ ability to contact clients.