Broker-dealers and RIAs must wean themselves off the richest clients; help getting out of the HNW tunnel-vision habit can come from future-focused marketers.

Focus Financial Partners is moving to have its Colony Group advisory unit absorb its longtime partner, Buckingham Strategic Wealth. Combining the two partner firms will create an RIA with more than ...

The private equity-backed advisory aggregator plans to use a consolidation process in "coming months" to bring its various brokerages under one brand.

For the third straight month, retirement advisors have lost confidence in the economy — and many blame the central bank.

Dan is a business journalist who previously worked for various local newspapers and industry publications. He also worked for two years in Beijing as an editor at China Daily. A graduate of the ...

As one of many providers of the existing and expanding capabilities, Envestnet is urging more financial advisors to consider ...

Industry experts who track comings and goings at large firms say the advisor staff figures often obscure more than they ...

In a Q&A with tech innovator Dani Fava, the new chief strategy officer for Carson Group explains where the rapidly growing firm is headed next, and the importance of using AI as a time saver.

When a small company holds a life insurance policy, estate planning gets complicated — which is why assigning it to an ...

As it and other critics pursue a coordinated legal strategy, a trade group for independent insurance agents requested an injunction to put the regulation on hold.

As Congress battles over shutdowns, Social Security's staff has dwindled to its smallest size in decades. For retirees, that means longer wait times and delayed benefits — but advisors can help.

Citizens has been on a recruiting and acquisition tear in recent years. Tom Metzger, the recently appointed head of the bank's private wealth unit, says it's just the beginning.