Wealth management

PE funds have outperformed stocks over the past five, 10 and 25 years. But not in three of the past four. Here are some of the key caveats to the appeal of PE.

CEO Tony Miller thinks the financial backing Janney draws from the private equity firm KKR allows it to provide a full gamut of advisor support without losing its intimate feel.

With billions of dollars in revenue at stake, wirehouses and broker-dealers are keeping an eye on a potential regulatory change in favor of the ETF industry.

Private equity-backed consolidators need platform uniformity to grow — but without sacrificing acquired RIAs' unique strengths.

Only two out of nine firms included the total amount of money involved in revenue sharing — a practice critics say should be ended entirely — in their disclosures.

The May Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook survey shows that instability, especially around tariffs, continues to weigh heavily on the minds of advisors and their clients.

Advisors across the spectrum of AI adoption said that while the emerging technology presents potential gains, there are still worries.

Industry trackers see Raymond James' proposal to buy minority stakes in its independent affiliates as a good way to reinvest while also warding off outside competition.

The CEO of Summit Wealth said that even before LPL announced its acquisition deal, he and his colleagues were already finding Commonwealth too big for their liking.

Anders Jones, CEO and co-founder, took the time to discuss the benefits of building tech in-house, how they are using AI and what they would change if they could.

The inaugural "Wealthtender Voice of the Client Study" found that 89% of client reviews focus on relationships and emotional trust, while only 10% were focused on investment management.

Also this week, Focus Financial ups the responsibilities for some top executives and Advisor Asset Management appoints a new CEO.

Could an economic downturn slow the industry's record-setting pace of acquisition deals? Sure, experts say, but not by much.

New tools help financial advisors with everything from logic to transcription, but many say it's not just about winning back minutes but also the quality of the output.

The contemplated service would let E-Trade users put money into popular tokens like bitcoin and ether.

Adoption of these applications has grown exponentially, but some advisors and attorneys say caution is warranted.

Industry experts say Edward Jones was at risk of being left behind if it didn't offer access to investments that are becoming 'table stakes' for large wealth managers.

UBS' Americas unit benefited from a swift uptick in client transactions in April, but that activity has since subsided, CEO Sergio Ermotti told analysts.

The firm characterizes the cause examination, a procedure that typically originates from a customer complaint, as a routine matter.