Wealth management

Studies show smart beta beating their benchmarks more than active managers.

Led by a 33-year industry veteran, the group joins the regional firm from UBS.

The regional firm's latest hires come just a week after it hired a Morgan Stanley branch manager.

The recruit will be a producing branch manager and oversee 10 advisers, according to his new employer.

The launch comes as banks and other players in the advisory industry vie for the $30 trillion in wealth that is expected to change hands in next several decades.

The partnership marks the second since two private equity firms infused the aggregator with capital.

Without diversifying cash flows across four key categories, retirees might be taking on too much risk, Michael Kitces writes.

The recruit made the move a week after the independent firm recruited three other wirehouse teams managing more than $600 million.

"It's always nice when one poker player folds and it's down to two or three players," one recruiter says.

Executives at the embattled bank made clear Thursday that they are not discarding its long-standing strategy of selling additional products to existing customers.

Self Lender and Wela, two fintech startups, are making their marks on the PFM space by providing incentives to users to manage their money wisely.

Banks have warmed up to digital wealth management tools but will need to use their human advisers, too, to beat fintechs.

Having gone through the lengthy and draining process, Exencial Wealth Advisors’ Michelle Scarver shares her No. 1 piece of advice for fellow planners.

Gains could fall to 5.3% from 9.3% historically “unless portfolios are repositioned for the environment we think that we are entering,” according to a new KKR report.

The investment product raises eyebrows, but the firm’s founders have pledged to act as fiduciaries.

The new hires joined from UBS and Morgan Stanley, according to the firm.

Switching firms can be a herculean task, but independent firm Steward Partners furnishes ex-wirehouse advisors with teams of specialists to ease the process.

The digital platform was intended for use by all of the firm's wealth advisers.

The partnership “shows just how much technology is being democratized and customized,” according to one researcher.

It's the second acquisition in recent months for the WisdomTree-backed platform.