Advisors
News updates, trends and analysis on financial advisors, investment advisors (RIAs), and financial planners (CFPs).
Investment Advisor Industry Grows for 9th Consecutive Year
By Michael S. FischerTotal SEC-registered advisors, clients served, assets managed and people they employed reached record highs in 2020.
June 25, 2021
How to Become the Advisory Firm of the FutureNow is the time to "rethink the way work happens and where it happens," Altair Advisers' CEO says.
June 24, 2021
Envestnet's Dani Fava: Why Entry of Apple, Amazon Into Finance Would Be Good for AdvisorsThese firms are positioned to "finally get into our space and really disrupt it," but that's not bad news, she says.
June 24, 2021
Pushed by Pandemic, $842M Merrill Team Leaps to Raymond JamesWorking from home, "we felt that it was finally a good time for us to revisit what we want our business to look like," the team's managing director says.
June 24, 2021
Trendspotter: Where Have All the Brokers Gone?Registered reps and BDs have been declining in numbers for years. Susan Schroeder, Andy Tasnady and Danny Sarch explain why.
June 23, 2021
Schwab to Launch Digital Account Onboarding for Advisors in JulyThe enhancement is part of a "second major wave" of digital capabilities and Schwab is already working on a "third phase" of its plan, it says.
June 21, 2021
LPL Nabs $1.3B Team From Wells FargoThe new independent practice Boggs & Co. launches in Cumberland, Maryland.
June 21, 2021
Gates Split Casts Harsh Glare on $170B Money ManagerAside from detracting attention from the couple, Michael Larson's main mandate has been to invest conservatively.