Tax planning

High net worth clients who want increased customization and tax-loss harvesting possibilities might benefit from direct indexing, but financial advisors say it isn't right for everyone.

Wall Street's latest tax-smart ETF is engineered to turn a publicly traded fund into a tax-minimizing machine.

The deal to buy Natixis' overlay management services comes amid a general push by the St. Louis-based firm to broaden its appeal to HNW clients.

President Donald Trump's multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package moved closer to reality after it passed the Senate.

The Senate narrowly approved President Trump's tax bill after Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote following no votes from three Republican senators.

At the heart of the concern is a tax dynamic that exchange-traded funds were built to avoid.

The equity strategy's tax-loss harvesting component can scratch a client's itch to do something amid sell-offs while staying fully invested.

Wealthy Americans and business investors are among the big winners while targets of Trump's ire such as immigrants and elite universities were hammered.

A little-known feature of RMD tax withholdings could help minimize a client's effective tax burden. Not all financial advisors are on board with the strategy.

From "super catch-ups" to the saver's match to "Rothification," 2025 looks to be a bumpy year for retirement nest eggs.

Veterans of the dot-com bubble of the late '90s, the early 2000s recession, the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 shutdown of 2020 say the more things change, the more things stay the same.

Investment management alone is insufficient for many firms, who view at least some level of financial planning to be essential.

Forming a trust now and funding it after Congress decides whether to keep the current gift tax exemption rate could make for an effective preemptive strike.

The pooled private investment funds diversify instantly while deferring capital gains taxes indefinitely.

A change to Social Security will impact millions of beneficiaries. Here's what financial advisors need to know.

The move can help boost income, but financial advisors say it can also bring unintended Social Security consequences.

One of the marquee annual events of the wealth management industry, the Technology Tools for Today (T3) Conference is scheduled for March in Dallas.

Kyle Johnson, owner and senior wealth advisor at Link Wealth Strategies, uses tax planning software to help set his firm apart.

Four years after handling the first conversion of a hedge fund to an ETF, Wes Gray is gearing up to lead a surge of tax-busting deals aimed at investors.

From trending independence to the rise in AI in wealth management, these stories and series dove deep on issues of utmost importance to financial advisors in 2024.