FINRA tightens its criteria for industry arbitrators, giving rise to worries that those who serve on arbitration panels will have little in common with regular investors.

Financial Planning Magazine

05.06.2025

JPMorgan to let clients borrow against crypto ETFs | Financial Planning

JPMorgan is among the big U.S. banks making into roads into the digital assets industry, now allowing clients to borrow money against crypto ETFs.

Financial Planning Magazine

05.06.2025

Financial advisors use second languages as a planning niche | Financial Planning

Multilingual financial advisors are a rarity, making those who can communicate in languages beyond English an invaluable asset for firms.

Financial Planning Magazine

05.06.2025

Morgan Stanley launches NIL financial education program | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment and TheLinkU team up to provide financial education and coaching to NCAA athletes about NIL compensation.

Financial Planning Magazine

05.06.2025

Affluent investors favor fee-based — if they understand it | Financial Planning

Affluent investors are most interested in fee-based planning, according to a Cerulli report.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.06.2025

FP Alpha debuts Estate Insights 2.0 | Financial Planning

AI-powered tax, estate and insurance planning platform FP Alpha introduced an upgrade.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.06.2025

What you can learn from my RIA merger, part 2 | Financial Planning

Should you merge your RIA with a larger outfit? This financial advisor did — and she's sharing the lessons learned, from tech troubles to time gains.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.06.2025

How departing financial advisors can avoid lawsuits | Financial Planning

Experts say that there are pitfalls, rules and procedures that departing financial advisors should know. Problem is, too many act first and consult lawyers later.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.06.2025

Ameriprise's lead recruiter sees future in advisor training | Financial Planning

Ameriprise's Brian Mora says his firm has been able to achieve unusually high success rates with advisor training with newcomers who join teams.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.06.2025

Building a multifamily office's tech: Show Me Your Stack | Financial Planning

Cresset Capital has been able to scale quickly due to a technology stack tailored to its needs as a family office.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.06.2025

Supreme Court OKs FINRA's pursuit of Alpine case | Financial Planning

The Supreme Court allows FINRA to continue seeking industry expulsion for the embattled brokerage Alpine in a case testing the authority of self-regulatory organizations.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.06.2025

TIAA Institute: Older Americans lag in retirement fluency | Financial Planning

A TIAA Institute and GFLEC survey found that the average U.S. adult can't answer a majority of retirement-related questions. Financial advisors say that's a problem.

Financial Planning Magazine

31.05.2025

Nationwide survey: Gen Z disillusioned with retirement | Financial Planning

As Gen Z navigates financial hurdles, many view retirement as unattainable, according to a Nationwide survey. Financial advisors think they can help.

Financial Planning Magazine

31.05.2025

Ask an Advisor: Should Social Security strategy change? | Financial Planning

Social Security claims have increased as retirees show concern over the solvency of the program and recent economic turbulence. Financial advisors weigh in on their strategies.

Financial Planning Magazine

31.05.2025

RBC lands another big team from UBS | Financial Planning

The steady trickle of advisors out of UBS continues this week with a big team moving to RBC. Ashton Thomas and LPL Financial also had recruiting wins.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.05.2025

Trump's tax bill offers wins, and a major loss, for advisors | Financial Planning

Expanded 529 plans and pass-through deductions are a boon for the wealth management industry, but Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill comes with its challenges.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.05.2025

RBC Wealth's asset flows flatline in Q2 | Financial Planning

RBC's U.S. wealth management unit sees no net assets inflows in the second quarter but ekes out increases in its revenue and assets under management.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.05.2025

FPA president talks exit planning, priorities and AI | Financial Planning

Financial Planning Association President Paul Brahim shares his priorities for his term and discusses exit planning and AI.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.05.2025

What 150 independent advisors wanted from their tech stack | Financial Planning

Flexible technology tools that forge stronger bonds between RIAs and next-gen clients are a must — so is promoting advisor adoption, says the COO of Concurrent.

Financial Planning Magazine

28.05.2025

SmartAsset: Top 10 cities for retiree income | Financial Planning

Average U.S. household earnings far surpass retiree income, but certain top cities stand as exceptions to the trend, according to a new SmartAsset study.

Financial Planning Magazine

28.05.2025

When should financial advisors leave a wirehouse | Financial Planning

The definitive guide for wirehouse financial advisors deciding whether or when to leave Merrill, UBS, Morgan Stanley or Wells Fargo for another wealth management firm

Financial Planning Magazine

28.05.2025

Simon Quick Advisors stays free of PE with latest deal | Financial Planning

With its latest RIA purchase, Simon Quick remains one of the increasingly rare firms that's doing mergers and acquisitions without private equity backing.

Financial Planning Magazine

28.05.2025

Guitars are cool, but how do they play as investments? | Financial Planning

Certain vintage Fender, Gibson and Martin guitar models can fetch high prices, but investing in the instruments should be done with care, financial advisors warn.

Financial Planning Magazine

27.05.2025

Will advisors add AI avatars to their communication toolkit? | Financial Planning

UBS research analysts have begun appearing as AI avatars in client-facing videos. Some financial advisors are considering following suit.

Financial Planning Magazine

24.05.2025

Qualified charitable distribution popularity surges | Financial Planning

A shift from itemized deductions has boosted interest in qualified charitable distributions, but experts say financial advisors have more work to do around client education.

Financial Planning Magazine

24.05.2025

Advisors share go-to strategies for connecting with women clients | Financial Planning

McKinsey study indicates that investors who are women increasingly control greater financial power; financial advisors should take note.

Financial Planning Magazine

23.05.2025

Raymond James wins $2.7B client from LPL Financial | Financial Planning

Raymond James swoops up a mammoth $2.7 billion institutional client from LPL, while LPL pulls from Cetera and Ameriprise: Advisor Moves.

Financial Planning Magazine

23.05.2025

Direct indexing keep clients invested in volatile markets | Financial Planning

Amid market sell-offs, direct indexing and its tax-loss harvesting component can scratch a client's itch to do something while maintaining full market exposure.

Financial Planning Magazine

23.05.2025

Cites with highest financial advisor pay increase in 2024 | Financial Planning

SmartAsset study of financial advisor pay increases in 2024 reveals where wealth management compensation is rising the fastest.

Financial Planning Magazine

23.05.2025

SEC chair's message of 'new day' at the agency welcomed | Financial Planning

Paul Atkins said he doesn't like regulation by enforcement, a message that broker-dealer groups have spent the last several years longing to hear.

Financial Planning Magazine

22.05.2025

When should a financial advisor launch an RIA? | Financial Planning

The definitive guide to when financial advisors should launch their own RIA firm rather than working for a large wealth management company

Financial Planning Magazine

22.05.2025

SMAs, other investment portfolios ripe for ETFs | Financial Planning

Trillions in wealth management client assets in separately managed accounts SMAs could convert to ETFs via tax-aware Section 351 conversion, Cerulli study says

Financial Planning Magazine

22.05.2025

Judge sentences advisor who sold to WEG in fraud case | Financial Planning

The disgraced investment advisor Julie Darrah is sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding elderly clients through an RIA she sold to WEG.

Financial Planning Magazine

22.05.2025

5 tips for virtual financial advisors | Financial Planning

Virtual client meetings surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but financial advisors say the move online is here to stay. Here's how to win in a digital world.

Financial Planning Magazine

21.05.2025

How AI reduced the need for a virtual assistant: Show Me Your Stack | Financial Planning

Artificial intelligence tools have reduced the need for this financial advisor to use a virtual assistant.

Financial Planning Magazine

21.05.2025

Fifth Third offers wills to its customers, free of charge | Financial Planning

The regional bank Fifth Third is partnering with a fintech to make estate planning easy, accessible — and free.

Financial Planning Magazine

21.05.2025

Stifel challenges $133M award, claiming arbitrator bias | Financial Planning

Stifel asks a court to overturn the $133 million FINRA arbitration award allotted to a family of investors over a broker's investment recommendations involving structured notes.

Financial Planning Magazine

21.05.2025

COVID-19 changed where financial advisors live. Here's how | Financial Planning

Conventional wisdom suggests financial advisors focus on wealthy areas, but is that still accurate in a post-COVID-19 world?

Financial Planning Magazine

21.05.2025

Is scale a necessary evil in wealth management? | Financial Planning

In consolidating industry perpetual growth may seem like the only way forward, but advisors still have options.

Financial Planning Magazine

20.05.2025

Video game Berryville teaches entrepreneurship money skills | Financial Planning

New video game "The Four Money Bears: Berryville" teaches kids entrepreneurship and money skills in collaboration with financial advisors and wealth firms

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PIABA decries new FINRA arbitrator criteria | Financial Planning

JPMorgan to let clients borrow against crypto ETFs | Financial Planning

Financial advisors use second languages as a planning niche | Financial Planning

Morgan Stanley launches NIL financial education program | Financial Planning

Affluent investors favor fee-based — if they understand it | Financial Planning

FP Alpha debuts Estate Insights 2.0 | Financial Planning

What you can learn from my RIA merger, part 2 | Financial Planning

How departing financial advisors can avoid lawsuits | Financial Planning

Ameriprise's lead recruiter sees future in advisor training | Financial Planning

Building a multifamily office's tech: Show Me Your Stack | Financial Planning

Supreme Court OKs FINRA's pursuit of Alpine case | Financial Planning

TIAA Institute: Older Americans lag in retirement fluency | Financial Planning

Nationwide survey: Gen Z disillusioned with retirement | Financial Planning

Ask an Advisor: Should Social Security strategy change? | Financial Planning

RBC lands another big team from UBS | Financial Planning

Trump's tax bill offers wins, and a major loss, for advisors | Financial Planning

RBC Wealth's asset flows flatline in Q2 | Financial Planning

FPA president talks exit planning, priorities and AI | Financial Planning

What 150 independent advisors wanted from their tech stack | Financial Planning

SmartAsset: Top 10 cities for retiree income | Financial Planning

When should financial advisors leave a wirehouse | Financial Planning

Simon Quick Advisors stays free of PE with latest deal | Financial Planning

Guitars are cool, but how do they play as investments? | Financial Planning

Will advisors add AI avatars to their communication toolkit? | Financial Planning

Qualified charitable distribution popularity surges | Financial Planning

Advisors share go-to strategies for connecting with women clients | Financial Planning

Raymond James wins $2.7B client from LPL Financial | Financial Planning

Direct indexing keep clients invested in volatile markets | Financial Planning

Cites with highest financial advisor pay increase in 2024 | Financial Planning

SEC chair's message of 'new day' at the agency welcomed | Financial Planning

When should a financial advisor launch an RIA? | Financial Planning

SMAs, other investment portfolios ripe for ETFs | Financial Planning

Judge sentences advisor who sold to WEG in fraud case | Financial Planning

5 tips for virtual financial advisors | Financial Planning

How AI reduced the need for a virtual assistant: Show Me Your Stack | Financial Planning

Fifth Third offers wills to its customers, free of charge | Financial Planning

Stifel challenges $133M award, claiming arbitrator bias | Financial Planning

COVID-19 changed where financial advisors live. Here's how | Financial Planning

Is scale a necessary evil in wealth management? | Financial Planning

Video game Berryville teaches entrepreneurship money skills | Financial Planning

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