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Technology, personalization in focus for advisors amid wealth transfer risks
FINTECH FEB 04, 2025
Technology, personalization in focus for advisors amid wealth transfer risks

Orion surveys reveal how advisors' tech investments could be a make-or-break factor for retaining millennial clients.

By Leo Almazora
Silicon Valley special: Wealth managers weigh in on working with tech executives
EQUITIES FEB 04, 2025
Silicon Valley special: Wealth managers weigh in on working with tech executives

Financial advisors often have to deal with tech execs and their concentrated portfolios. Here's what they say about their experiences.

By Gregg Greenberg
Advisor industry bands together for pass-through deduction parity
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 31, 2025
Advisor industry bands together for pass-through deduction parity

FSI, IAA, CFP Board, and other voices have coalesced to help even the playing field on taxes for independent financial professionals.

By Leo Almazora
Advisors explain how to keep intra-family loans from fracturing relationships
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 30, 2025
Advisors explain how to keep intra-family loans from fracturing relationships

A new study shows how intra-family loans can be dicey, but financial advisors often get dragged in anyway.

By Gregg Greenberg
Why advisors may be falling short of clients' planning expectations
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 29, 2025
Why advisors may be falling short of clients' planning expectations

Cerulli research reveals over half of households value a written financial plan, but just 25 percent of advisor practices meet the standard for comprehensive planning.

By Leo Almazora
Taylor Matthews on what's behind Farther's rapid growth
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 29, 2025
Taylor Matthews on what's behind Farther's rapid growth

From 'no clients' to reshaping wealth management, Farther blends tech and trust to deliver family-office experience at scale.

By Manal Ali
RIAs name their top technologies as Wall Street watches earnings, AI battle
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 27, 2025
RIAs name their top technologies as Wall Street watches earnings, AI battle

Wall Street analysts are focusing on earnings and AI this week. But RIAs never stop assessing new technologies.

By Gregg Greenberg
Poll reveals trust trumps performance in investor-advisor relationships
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2025
Poll reveals trust trumps performance in investor-advisor relationships

Survey of 1,000 US investors shows how financial goals, accurate communications, and other elements can make – or break – connections.

By Leo Almazora
How the California wildfires have sparked charitable conversations
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2025
How the California wildfires have sparked charitable conversations

With clients willing and eager to help, advisors are offering guidance on giving strategies and how to make the most meaningful impact.

By Leo Almazora
LPL doubles down on advisor growth with digital platform boost
FINTECH JAN 21, 2025
LPL doubles down on advisor growth with digital platform boost

The broker-dealer giant aims to help advisors engage both their clients and prospects further with its latest enhancements.

By Leo Almazora
It’s a seller’s market for RIAs in 2025, report says
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 21, 2025
It’s a seller’s market for RIAs in 2025, report says

Private equity money is contributing to the good times for RIA owners.

By Bruce Kelly
SEC rules RIAs need to keep in mind in 2025
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 21, 2025
SEC rules RIAs need to keep in mind in 2025

Experts say RIAs better keep a close eye on their communications, as well as cybersecurity, in the coming year.

By Gregg Greenberg
AI insights survey exposes split between RIAs and enterprise advisors
FINTECH JAN 17, 2025
AI insights survey exposes split between RIAs and enterprise advisors

Envestnet data reveal shared focus on product underperformance and tax optimization, with differing priorities on fees.

By Leo Almazora
Referrals may not be the practice builders they once were
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2025
Referrals may not be the practice builders they once were

Younger generations are increasingly hiring advisors based on digital marketing rather than referrals, a recent study found.

By Gregg Greenberg
Retiring wealth managers keeping M&A market hot, study shows
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 15, 2025
Retiring wealth managers keeping M&A market hot, study shows

A massive retirement wave is hitting the financial advisor industry and that's causing RIA valuations, and anxiety, to rise.

By Gregg Greenberg
What advisors and wealth firms should know about AI in 2025
FINTECH JAN 14, 2025
What advisors and wealth firms should know about AI in 2025

As cautious optimism builds around generative AI, the industry must take a more strategic approach to adoption, the head of client and advisor digital enablement at Broadridge said.

By Leo Almazora
Wealth managers planning to add to ranks in 2025
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 10, 2025
Wealth managers planning to add to ranks in 2025

America added more jobs than expected in December. Likewise, RIA firms plan to step up hiring in the coming months.

By Gregg Greenberg
How can advisors ‘elevate’ the client experience?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 03, 2025
How can advisors ‘elevate’ the client experience?

"Any of the client experiences beyond regular meetings should be complimentary of roles that the advisors are taking in our client’s lives."

By Josh Welsh
Advisors share their New Year's resolutions for 2025
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 02, 2025
Advisors share their New Year's resolutions for 2025

Advisors want to eat better and exercise more, but they also want to improve their practices.

By Gregg Greenberg
Three key trends that will drive advisors' planning in 2025
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 20, 2024
Three key trends that will drive advisors' planning in 2025

AssetMark Group CEO explains why the great wealth transfer, succession planning, and personalization will be key for advisors in the new year.

By Josh Welsh