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In a constantly changing industry, clearing and custody fees defy generalizations. The largest independent broker-dealers present financial advisors with the choice of working with a "self-clearing" firm or one that outsources those essential services.

As the best-selling memoir "Strangers" shines a spotlight on financial disengagement, advisors share how they pull the less-engaged spouse into the conversation before it's too late.

Morningstar finds that active investment managers beat low-cost passive index trackers only 27% of the time over a 12-month stretch.

Account titling and beneficiary designations could contradict what clients write in their wills, undermining estate planning. Advisors can help keep these current.

From 19th-century financial panic to reimagined Charles Dickens, here are the vacation-worthy books according to some fintech execs.

The Democratic lawmaker proposed that the government should lend money to billionaires with large paper fortunes to help them pay wealth taxes.

Medicare now covers weight-loss drugs as part of an 18-month program to expand access. Here's what advisors need to know about the coverage — and what it can save clients in the long run.

August is National Make a Will Month, but advisors say it's important to urge clients year-round to secure their wishes by keeping wills and estate plans fresh.

Women are projected to receive more than $100 trillion in the so-called great wealth transfer. But their planning needs can differ from men's.

Web designer Bonfire Studio asked ChatGPT for advisor recommendations in five metro markets. The results give advisors more reason to tend to their online presence.