To paraphrase Patrick Swayze in "Dirty Dancing," nobody puts Generation X in a corner. But some financial advisors are still hesitant when it comes to distinguishing and prioritizing the demographic ...

Tips and tricks on building a successful niche. This week, Eric Franklin of Prospero Wealth on financial planning for tech executives and how he reverse engineered a customized clientele.

Not quite two weeks after a group of advisors left UBS to start a breakaway firm with the help of Elevation Point, the wirehouse is suing them for soliciting clients inherited from retired colleagues.

Merrill had sought a temporary restraining order to prevent members of a large Atlanta-based team who left last week from soliciting former clients for their new firm.

With savings gaps, financial anxiety and plans to work longer, half of Gen X employees feel unprepared for retirement.

Even with the money to retire early, FIRE clients often face unexpected challenges. Advisors say mindset — more than finances — is often the real hurdle.

While stock values get the most attention after the Fed cuts rates, they affect trusts, too. Some beneficiaries of entities without flexible distribution provisions could take a big hit.

How are advisors successfully using artificial intelligence in their practices? Where is it coming up short? And what does the future hold, especially for agentic AI? These questions and more will be ...

Also this month in our disciplinary digest, a now-barred 'problem broker' for Stifel lands his former firm another hefty settlement, and an advisor is accused of fraud for trying to poach clients from ...

Independent financial advisors get a lot of flexibility, but a study by Deloitte and Wells Fargo FiNet delves into the complexity of expanding successfully.

In a lengthy court reply, advisors who left Merrill this week to form an RIA with Dynasty Financial Partners accuse Merrill of "bad faith" for putting them on administrative leave and failing to ...

At 50, a Seattle-based financial professional has the means to retire by 60. Advisors say the plan is realistic, but one significant challenge stands out.