Explore how nine of the largest wealth management firms accept revenue sharing payments from mutual fund and ETF issuers based on client investments in 2025

Financial Planning Magazine

08.05.2025

Ex-Schwab advisor sues over age, sex discrimination | Financial Planning

Now at Raymond James, Ex-Charles Schwab advisor Lynette Ancona is suing her former firm for "treating younger male employees more favorably than older females."

Financial Planning Magazine

08.05.2025

The AI split: Half of firms embrace the tech, while half hesitate | Financial Planning

Artificial intelligence-based tools are being adopted in some form by half of wealth management firms, an Arizent study on AI shows.

Financial Planning Magazine

08.05.2025

SEC ends inquiry into Morgan Stanley's 'sweeps' policies | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley comes out of an SEC inquiry into its 'sweeps' policies unscathed but still faces questions from an unnamed state regulator.

Financial Planning Magazine

08.05.2025

Social Security quietly cuts overpayment clawback rate | Financial Planning

Retirees may welcome the rate reduction, but financial advisors say the policy shifts threaten to erode public confidence in the Social Security Administration.

Financial Planning Magazine

08.05.2025

Advisor confidence rebounds slightly from all-time lows | Financial Planning

Financial advisors' overall confidence remains low in May, according to the latest FACO survey. Confidence in practice performance, however, remains positive.

Financial Planning Magazine

07.05.2025

UBS to pay $511M over Credit Suise probe | Financial Planning

Nearly two years after buying Credit Suisse, UBS agrees to pay $511 million to end a U.S. probe into allegations that the bank had helped customers evade taxes.

Financial Planning Magazine

07.05.2025

Relationship tips for financial advisors to educate clients | Financial Planning

How financial advisors can win and keep wealth management clients for the long term, according to a May 2025 panel at the CFA Institute LIVE conference.

Financial Planning Magazine

07.05.2025

Compliance teams have their eyes on emojis | Financial Planning

Decoding the sometimes slippery icons is an increasingly tough job for advisory firms — here are some tips.

Financial Planning Magazine

07.05.2025

How fund managers do revenue sharing with wealth firms | Financial Planning

The definitive guide to the flow of payments between financial advisors and wealth management firms based on their investment recommendations

Financial Planning Magazine

07.05.2025

The perks and pitfalls of Raymond James' equity offers | Financial Planning

Raymond James' offer to buy minority stakes in its independent affiliates holds out the promise of general capital infusions but could also come with strings attached.

Financial Planning Magazine

06.05.2025

Summit Wealth's departure from Commonwealth pre-dates LPL | Financial Planning

Even before LPL announced its plans to Commonwealth, the CEO of Summit Wealth Group had decided to leave to run a smaller RIA.

Financial Planning Magazine

06.05.2025

How advisors can help investors prepare for the unknowns | Financial Planning

CFA Institute LIVE conference 2025 helps financial advisors and wealth management professionals guiding clients and investors through unknown economic times

Financial Planning Magazine

06.05.2025

Why Facet built its tech stack from scratch | Financial Planning

Building a tech stack from scratch has been costly for Facet, but the upside has been smooth integrations.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2025

Merrill reclaims $1B broker from UBS | Financial Planning

Merrill reclaims an advisor who left years ago and was most recently managing $1 billion at UBS, this week in Advisor Moves.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2025

Clients value advisor relationships over investment advice | Financial Planning

Wealth management clients value relationships over investment advice, according to a study from Wealthtender.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2025

How much time AI saves advisors — and how they spend it | Financial Planning

AI tools for note-taking, marketing and more are saving financial advisors hours per week. How are the advisors making the best use of the extra time?

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2025

Cerulli: Fee compression coming for financial advisors | Financial Planning

Cerulli research shows that shrinking fees and expanded service offerings are squeezing financial advisors, and the problem is only expected to grow by 2026.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2025

What to expect from wealth management M&A amid turmoil | Financial Planning

Following a record-setting first quarter and year for wealth management M&A, deal trackers see little reason to expect a slowdown amid economic turmoil.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2025

Morgan Stanley's E-Trade to offer crypt trading | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley is moving to allow clients use E-Trade to invest in Bitcoin and Ether.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

UBS reports strong asset flows despite advisors losses | Financial Planning

UBS reports strong asset flows into its America's unit in the first quarter despite predicted advisor attrition following changes to its compensation policies.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

My fight for equality at a Wall Street investment bank | Financial Planning

Author and advisor Cary Carbonaro charts her struggle for respect and pay parity after a buyout by a big investment bank.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

Edward Jones dangles alts offering before UNHW clients | Financial Planning

Edward Jones is rolling out an alternatives platform for wealthy clients, keeping up with industry rivals like Morgan Stanlety and Raymond James.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

CFP Board announces annual fee hike, expanded ad campaign | Financial Planning

CFPs will pay an additional $120 a year for the designation, starting in October. The CFP board said the fee hike will help fund expanded advertising efforts.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

Morgan Stanley offers private equity fund to more millionaires | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley's North Haven Private Assets Fund will offer exposure to co-investments and secondaries in the lower middle market.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

Advisors clamor for estate planning tools as attorneys wave red flags | Financial Planning

Advisors are increasingly adopting estate planning tools, but some attorneys and experts urge caution.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2025

B. Riley's wealth unit under FINRA scrutiny | Financial Planning

B. Riley's wealth management discloses in an SEC filing that it's responding to a cause examination from FINRA.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.04.2025

How financial advisors can buy a wealth book of business | Financial Planning

Buying or selling a book of business in wealth management requires careful research for financial advisors.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.04.2025

401(k) plan providers may face an 'explosion' of lawsuits | Financial Planning

A new Supreme Court ruling and novel legal theories could unleash an explosion in ERISA-based lawsuits against 401(k) plan providers.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.04.2025

Withdrawal strategies for clients in retirement red zone | Financial Planning

As the stock market continues to slide, financial advisors say that retirees need to consider withdrawal strategies to protect their investments.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.04.2025

How are Trump's tariffs derailing client market confidence? | Financial Planning

New Financial Planning data highlights the trend of financial advisors worried that they are ill equipped to handle President Donald Trump's back-and-forth tariff plays.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.04.2025

Court rejects arbitration for Oppenheimer in Ponzi case | Financial Planning

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected four investors' attempt to drag Oppenheimer & Co. into FINRA arbitration over a Ponzi scheme run by a former broker.

Financial Planning Magazine

26.04.2025

Stifel CEO gets a 21% pay bump in 2024 | Financial Planning

Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski sees his pay go up by 21% for 2024 amid record revenues and legal setbacks.

Financial Planning Magazine

26.04.2025

Broker compensation insights from five years of data | Financial Planning

Broker pay at regional firms tops that at large wirehouses, an analysis of five years' worth of compensation data shows.

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Janney CEO touts benefits of private equity owner KKR | Financial Planning

Advisors favor underutilized strategies over asset buckets | Financial Planning

10 best and worst bond funds of the past 3 years | Financial Planning

Wall Street brokers risk losing billions in fees on SEC shift | Financial Planning

How consolidators balance RIA autonomy, platform uniformity | Financial Planning

How wealth firms do revenue sharing in 2025 | Financial Planning

Ex-Schwab advisor sues over age, sex discrimination | Financial Planning

The AI split: Half of firms embrace the tech, while half hesitate | Financial Planning

SEC ends inquiry into Morgan Stanley's 'sweeps' policies | Financial Planning

Social Security quietly cuts overpayment clawback rate | Financial Planning

Advisor confidence rebounds slightly from all-time lows | Financial Planning

UBS to pay $511M over Credit Suise probe | Financial Planning

Relationship tips for financial advisors to educate clients | Financial Planning

Compliance teams have their eyes on emojis | Financial Planning

How fund managers do revenue sharing with wealth firms | Financial Planning

The perks and pitfalls of Raymond James' equity offers | Financial Planning

Summit Wealth's departure from Commonwealth pre-dates LPL | Financial Planning

How advisors can help investors prepare for the unknowns | Financial Planning

Why Facet built its tech stack from scratch | Financial Planning

Merrill reclaims $1B broker from UBS | Financial Planning

Clients value advisor relationships over investment advice | Financial Planning

How much time AI saves advisors — and how they spend it | Financial Planning

Cerulli: Fee compression coming for financial advisors | Financial Planning

What to expect from wealth management M&A amid turmoil | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley's E-Trade to offer crypt trading | Financial Planning

UBS reports strong asset flows despite advisors losses | Financial Planning

My fight for equality at a Wall Street investment bank | Financial Planning

Edward Jones dangles alts offering before UNHW clients | Financial Planning

CFP Board announces annual fee hike, expanded ad campaign | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley offers private equity fund to more millionaires | Financial Planning

Advisors clamor for estate planning tools as attorneys wave red flags | Financial Planning

B. Riley's wealth unit under FINRA scrutiny | Financial Planning

How financial advisors can buy a wealth book of business | Financial Planning

401(k) plan providers may face an 'explosion' of lawsuits | Financial Planning

Withdrawal strategies for clients in retirement red zone | Financial Planning

How are Trump's tariffs derailing client market confidence? | Financial Planning

Court rejects arbitration for Oppenheimer in Ponzi case | Financial Planning

Stifel CEO gets a 21% pay bump in 2024 | Financial Planning

Broker compensation insights from five years of data | Financial Planning

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