Wealth management

Startup entrepreneur sees an opportunity to simplify savings plans and financial giving for children, and hook their parents into wealth management in the process.

These three succession planning scenarios can make a tough decision easier.

Financial advisors can reduce distractions and increase their profits by outsourcing these functions.

Gun safety proposals and the Affordable Care Act can be polarizing topics, but this advisor tweets about them anyway — to much success.

Many of the new hires are A.G. Edwards veterans.

Artificial intelligence is among three themes rapidly shaping development of advisor technology, said firms gathered at the T3 Enterprise conference.

For advisors that make a claim of misconduct the deck appears stacked in favor of the employers.

The No. 1 IBD added a practice with $520 million in client assets from rival Cambridge before walking back a new policy that has resulted in departures.

The Wealth Enhancement Group has reached $9.7 billion in client assets under a slew of M&A deals and substantial organic growth.

From barbecue sauce to jumping out of planes, planners share their strategies of bonding with investors.

Consolidators and large RIAs were leading buyers in the third quarter.

When two agencies are probing your firm, it doesn’t hurt to ask that they coordinate their efforts.

Here's a look at the cities where both home purchase prices and monthly rents are starting to ease.

While it may be unnerving, a notice of an examination doesn’t necessarily mean defeat.

The firm charges a very low fee but then steers customers to — can you guess? — its own funds.

You cannot fake it. You cannot read a book about it. You need to dine at the franchises to best understand this niche market.

While tax reform has been a mixed bag for muni bonds, a few factors working in their favor include constrained supply this year, as well as historically low defaults.

The life planning innovator hopes to spark hundreds of conversations aimed at building an ideal civilization.

CEO Manny Roman expects the move will help the firm cash in when the next economic downturn comes.

Clients surprised me when I asked for their opinions about the planning tool. Plus, how to find out if you're an "innovator" or a "laggard."