Financial Planning

What makes a firm a great place to work? For people who work in money management, this can depend on a wide range of factors, from company leadership to employee benefits — or even the office decor.

Avoiding fund distributions or using offsetting losses in any month can deliver big savings on payments to Uncle Sam at the end of the year, experts say.

Compliance experts think the costs of going along with a sweeping investigation are ignored by regulators touting the benefits of cooperation.

The US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF) sees thin Republican majorities in Congress hampering anti-ESG legislation from advancing.

From baggage tags to homemade tamales, here are some of the gifts financial advisors are giving to make clients' holidays merry and bright.

Brokers from 15 firms have been suspended, fined and sometimes — but rarely — fired in a sweep that stretches back to 2022.

For the first time in at least three years, the ranking of fee-only financial planning firms with the most financial advisors has a new No. 1.

Starting next year, all of its existing RIA non-retirement clients' cash balances will be moved from higher-yield money market funds to FCASH — a lower-yield cash management product.

The election has come and gone, with advisor predictions for a Kamala Harris victory giving way to Donald Trump's confirmed return to the White House — which many feel will yield better results for the wealth management landscape. Now, professionals are focused on the task of managing investor expectations and guiding clients through the next four years.

With interest rate easing cycles, geopolitical risk and post-election policies, experts looked forward to what's ahead in the new year.