Wealth management

It’s important for advisers just starting a practice to understand that times may be hard, lonely and often without reward.

If an advisor hasn't adopted new technology, the CEO asks, are they putting their own interests ahead of their clients?

The wealthier the family, the trickier it can be to interpret their finances. A modern investment management platform can alleviate the need for manual number-crunching.

Educate them on the risks and lower volatility of a geographically diversified portfolio.

The new recruits joined the wirehouse from Merrill Lynch and UBS.

For clients considering long-term care options, a move may be appealing if they find care options in other states that can help them save down the road.

Why advisers should step up their game as the industry goes robo.

Wealth management leaders are weathering current markets while aiming to jumpstart AUM growth with expanded client services and new tech tools.

If you raise rates on the rich, will you lose them to other states? A study of 45 million IRS records suggests it doesn’t work that way.

A twist on benefits that can help UHNW clients win big estate tax savings and flexibility.

Advisers should ask key questions to best estimate how much retirement savings is really needed

The deal follows a string of acquisitions by prominent private equity firms.

A mix of approaches to gain the attention of ideal prospects, who have learned to ignore typical marketing tactics.

Patience is a virtue, but advisers can suggest it as a portfolio diversifier that clients can actually control.

Yet that wasn't Merrill's only recruiting success, as the wirehouse also picked up a team overseeing more than $500 million in client assets.

Some insiders at big brokerage firms encouraged the DoL to maintain progress. "That kept us going," Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi says.

The recruits moved to the firm from Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Stifel and Voya.

"With so many buyers, it’s a good time to be a seller," according to the Nuveen/DeVoe RIA Deal Book.

Vice Chairmen Dan Cummings and Sam Chapin, who helped meld the wealth management firm to the bank after the financial crisis, are stepping down.