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.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.05.2024

DOL retirement advice rule opponents file first lawsuit | Financial Planning

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.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.05.2024

Social Security's customer service worsens amid budget battles | Financial Planning

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.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.05.2024

Supreme Court case highlights estate planning | Financial Planning

When a small company holds a life insurance policy, estate planning gets complicated — which is why assigning it to an individual or a family may be the better choice.

Financial Planning Magazine

04.05.2024

A Q&A with the new head of private wealth at Citizens Financial | Financial Planning

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.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

Bond mutual funds rake in $108 billion, ending two-year exodus | Financial Planning

As investors try to lock in high yields, actively managed bond funds are making an unexpected comeback.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

Wealth management startup Altruist valued at $1.5B | Financial Planning

Wealth management startup Altruist raised $169 million, topping a valuation of more than $1.5 billion.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

Raymond James' CEOs on the power of playing the long game | Financial Planning

Raymond James' outgoing CEO Paul Reilly and incoming CEO Paul Shoukry talk on their long-term strategy that led to growth, challenges ahead with PE buyouts and an $800M technology budget.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

Cerulli finds many IBD advisors yearn for independence as RIAs | Financial Planning

Nearly one out of three advisors at independent broker-dealers has thought about going solo in the past year, a new survey finds.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

JPMorgan expects to pay $100M in surveillance case | Financial Planning

The banking giant has already settled two other similar disputes with regulators.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

Enhancing firm-level advisory compliance in the age of AI | Financial Planning

The self-regulator has stressed a shift away from mere compliance and toward active self-surveillance to uncover improper off-channel messaging.

Financial Planning Magazine

03.05.2024

Datos Insights RIA M&A report finds 3 types of dealmakers | Financial Planning

The general categories represent a starting point for RIAs that may be trying to figure out how they fit into a buyer's long-term plans, a Datos Insights study says.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2024

Best advisor pay for the $2 million producer in 2024 | Financial Planning

Here's what advisors at the $2 million production level can expect to earn at large and regional firms

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2024

New FINRA data suggest decline in expungement requests | Financial Planning

Advisor advocates say they are beginning to look to civil courts and other FINRA alternatives to get erroneous customer complaints removed from their clients' online records.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2024

LPL Q1 earnings fall due to higher expenses | Financial Planning

Higher expenses from the record headcount of financial advisors and a continuous stream of recruits and acquisitions are investing in the firm's future earnings, though.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2024

Fed keeps interest rates steady as inflation remains stubborn | Financial Planning

Back in December 2023, Wall Street was hoping for rate cuts early and often. But as of May 2024, "higher for longer" seems to be the new policy — at least for now.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2024

Sanctuary buys tru Independence | Financial Planning

The merger "will fundamentally transform the RIA ecosystem," tru CEO Craig Stuvland says.

Financial Planning Magazine

02.05.2024

Bank of America sounds warning on options-ETF boom | Financial Planning

Analysts find that funds selling call options tend to do poorly in bull markets and lag behind broader market indexes.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

Can my client claim frozen embryos as dependents? | Financial Planning

State supreme court rulings granting frozen embryos the same legal status as children will have major impacts on financial planning, writes an expert on estate planning and tax law.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

Key provisions of the DOL retirement advice rule | Financial Planning

The text reveals why agency officials believe it's necessary, how it will work in practice, how much it will cost and how it responded to criticism.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

Focus Financial Partners appoints Michael Nathanson CEO | Financial Planning

Michael Nathanson will replace interim chief Dan Glaser but remain the chief of The Colony Group as the RIA aggregator consolidates its ranks out of the public eye.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

CPA planners urge more tax pros to provide wealth management | Financial Planning

New financial planning questions on the accounting exam could attract more young people and encourage current practitioners to explore the burgeoning ties between the fields.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

Best advisor pay for the $1 million producer in 2024 | Financial Planning

You'd think making $1 million a year for your firm would be considered a lot. But advisors at that level last year have to bring in a bit more to maintain their take-home pay.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

SEIA acquiring Cedar Brook in first M&A deal | Financial Planning

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors will accelerate its plan to reach $50 billion in client assets by 2027 by acquiring a Cleveland-based enterprise with 21 advisors.

Financial Planning Magazine

01.05.2024

Ask an advisor: How can I stop Medicaid from seizing my home? | Financial Planning

A homeowner in New York asks how to make sure her apartment goes to her kids after she dies — and not to Medicaid.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.04.2024

Orion's Brian McLaughlin on the AI challenge for advisors | Financial Planning

A lover of Tesla and AI technology, Orion's Brian McLaughlin warns that for most, it's still too early to trust AI to make financial predictions.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.04.2024

Best advisor pay for the $600,000 producer in 2024 | Financial Planning

Our continued look at compensation for advisors at different revenue levels considers pay for $600,000-a-year producers.

Financial Planning Magazine

30.04.2024

The AI gap: Clients and financial advisors differ over artificial intelligence | Financial Planning

Research shows wealth managers have much greater confidence in the new technology than their clients. Here's how to shrink the gap.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.04.2024

Best advisor pay for the $400,000 producer | Financial Planning

Wireshouses continue to put the squeeze on advisors at the lower end of the revenue-generation scale.

Financial Planning Magazine

29.04.2024

What to expect in financial advisor pay in 2024 | Financial Planning

Many advisors will have to produce more this year to make the same take-home pay as last year, Financial Planning's annual analysis finds, with low producers under pressure to move up the revenue ladder or move on.

Financial Planning Magazine

27.04.2024

Goldman pitches expertise in tax harvesting, alternatives to RIAs | Financial Planning

The Wall Street giant has been moving away from providing in-house retail investment advice to finding ways it can support smaller firms.

Financial Planning Magazine

27.04.2024

$630B active-ETF boom dominated by 10 players | Financial Planning

The flood of money into exchange traded funds does little to help most wealth managers who used to reap hefty fees from actively managed mutual funds.

Financial Planning Magazine

27.04.2024

Annuities enjoy their best first quarter sales in history | Financial Planning

The insurance products began 2024 in much the same way as 2022 and 2023: with record-breaking sales.

Financial Planning Magazine

27.04.2024

How financial advisors can help clients get the most out of Roth IRAs | Financial Planning

Are clients' savings working for them? How to best guide them on the pros and cons of Roth IRAs and other savings programs.

Financial Planning Magazine

26.04.2024

Raymond James' wealth management unit enjoys record quarter | Financial Planning

In the first three months of 2024, both profits and client assets reached new heights at RayJay's Private Client Group.

Financial Planning Magazine

26.04.2024

Reactions to the DOL retirement advice rule | Financial Planning

Here's how commenters such as the AARP, SIFMA, FSI, the Consumer Federation, NAPFA, the CFP Board and others view the Department of Labor's retirement advice regulation.

Financial Planning Magazine

26.04.2024

The 20 biggest money market funds | Financial Planning

Last year, almost $1 trillion flooded into money market funds. Here are the 20 that have grown the biggest.

Financial Planning Magazine

25.04.2024

Stifel Q1 wealth earnings fall due to higher expenses | Financial Planning

After a mixed quarter for the firm's wealth unit, CEO Ron Kruszewski predicted that the Fed may cut rates zero or just once or even hike them in 2024.

Financial Planning Magazine

25.04.2024

The 5 richest retirement towns in the United States | Financial Planning

Retirement doesn't have to mean scrimping and saving. Here are five parts of the country where seniors are living large in their golden years.

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Firms stop reporting financial advisor headcounts | Financial Planning

Cason Group's Dani Fava on her new role and tech strategies for advisors | Financial Planning

DOL retirement advice rule opponents file first lawsuit | Financial Planning

Social Security's customer service worsens amid budget battles | Financial Planning

Supreme Court case highlights estate planning | Financial Planning

A Q&A with the new head of private wealth at Citizens Financial | Financial Planning

Bond mutual funds rake in $108 billion, ending two-year exodus | Financial Planning

Wealth management startup Altruist valued at $1.5B | Financial Planning

Raymond James' CEOs on the power of playing the long game | Financial Planning

Cerulli finds many IBD advisors yearn for independence as RIAs | Financial Planning

JPMorgan expects to pay $100M in surveillance case | Financial Planning

Enhancing firm-level advisory compliance in the age of AI | Financial Planning

Datos Insights RIA M&A report finds 3 types of dealmakers | Financial Planning

Best advisor pay for the $2 million producer in 2024 | Financial Planning

New FINRA data suggest decline in expungement requests | Financial Planning

LPL Q1 earnings fall due to higher expenses | Financial Planning

Fed keeps interest rates steady as inflation remains stubborn | Financial Planning

Sanctuary buys tru Independence | Financial Planning

Bank of America sounds warning on options-ETF boom | Financial Planning

Can my client claim frozen embryos as dependents? | Financial Planning

Key provisions of the DOL retirement advice rule | Financial Planning

Focus Financial Partners appoints Michael Nathanson CEO | Financial Planning

CPA planners urge more tax pros to provide wealth management | Financial Planning

Best advisor pay for the $1 million producer in 2024 | Financial Planning

SEIA acquiring Cedar Brook in first M&A deal | Financial Planning

Ask an advisor: How can I stop Medicaid from seizing my home? | Financial Planning

Orion's Brian McLaughlin on the AI challenge for advisors | Financial Planning

Best advisor pay for the $600,000 producer in 2024 | Financial Planning

The AI gap: Clients and financial advisors differ over artificial intelligence | Financial Planning

Best advisor pay for the $400,000 producer | Financial Planning

What to expect in financial advisor pay in 2024 | Financial Planning

Goldman pitches expertise in tax harvesting, alternatives to RIAs | Financial Planning

$630B active-ETF boom dominated by 10 players | Financial Planning

Annuities enjoy their best first quarter sales in history | Financial Planning

How financial advisors can help clients get the most out of Roth IRAs | Financial Planning

Raymond James' wealth management unit enjoys record quarter | Financial Planning

Reactions to the DOL retirement advice rule | Financial Planning

The 20 biggest money market funds | Financial Planning

Stifel Q1 wealth earnings fall due to higher expenses | Financial Planning

The 5 richest retirement towns in the United States | Financial Planning

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