RIAs

Advisors know that a transition plan is important, but many fall into the trap of procrastination.

Plus, Cetera adds a $1.9B tax-focused firm, Choreo acquires two RIAs, and Modern Wealth expands in New York.

Looking for a new challenge, Mark Seither found the complexities of pilot compensation and tax planning to be a niche that energizes him.

An internal successor, a seller and an acquirer dish out the most common mistakes they say advisory firms must avoid to address the challenge.

Roughly 100 employees — mostly in management — are expected to move to the wealth management unit's new headquarters in booming South Florida.

Plus, Wells Fargo and Raymond James pull more teams from Commonwealth/LPL, and Elevation Point takes a stake in a UBS breakaway.

The wealth management giant capped off 2025 by pressing ever closer to the asset and wealth management target set by former CEO James Gorman.

An organic growth technology firm launched out of Fidelity Investment's incubator spoke with 18 big RIAs about their marketing. The results speak for themselves.

Bank of America's wealth management businesses suffered a blow last year when principals of a team that managed $130 billion in AUM left for independence. Merrill executives are now looking to the future with ambitious recruiting and cross-selling plans.

The massive intake preceded the BNY-owned custodian's rollout of a new financial advisor matchmaking service aimed at conversions from institutional clients.