The payments processor plans to offer both types of accounts to the small businesses that use its app, according to hidden code in a recent update to its app.
With a fresh take on adviser training, Merrill Lynch expects to increase diversity while graduating 1,000 new advisers per year. These advisers will be located in-office and report to their local market executives.
In keeping with the times, it appears that the practice of cold-calling is out and using social and business networking platforms like LinkedIn is in.
New research argues that stock photos on websites present a stale and static image. Clients want to see the real person behind the advice.
Potomac delivers 30 boxes of branded cereal as part of the firm's “eyes on brand” marketing strategy, according to president and CIO Manish Khatta.
If you take nothing else away from this article, hear this: People don’t care about your offer or your business — they care about themselves.
Never transitioning clients or raising fees means that you set your pricing model once, permanently. No other profession follows that model.
About one in five people in the U.S. have a disability, and that will likely increase as the baby boomer population ages, according to the American College of Financial Planning. About two-thirds of people who are caregivers reported being worried about having enough retirement income.
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With just a few clicks, an adviser can submit a task on behalf of a client, something that would otherwise require extensive knowledge and time-consuming coordination between various operational teams.
Advisory firms are moving to adopt AI tools to achieve their growth objectives, but it’s not easy, partly because firms lack the data connectivity that’s needed for AI to operate efficiently.
With a new funding round and support from the asset management giant Vanguard, Altruist increases its potential to break up the RIA custodial oligopoly.
The four-adviser group is moving to the firm’s employee unit in Augusta, Georgia and will operate as the Cypress Wealth Group.
The leadership changes announced May 20 position a slate of potential successors to CEO James Gorman who are mostly white and male.
The latest launch by Betterment kicks off the fintech’s mission to rapidly grow its adviser-focused business line throughout the year.
More than a year of virtual events highlighted the appeal of quality content, and could change the look and feel of industry events that will now have to balance glitz, content, fees and virtual access.
Advisers should empower their clients through exposure and education so they view crypto-assets like any other asset class.
Andy Saperstein, head of wealth management, was named co-president along with Ted Pick, head of trading, as Gorman positions a small group as his most likely successors.
Most advisers still charge AUM-based fees, but that's not likely to be the case in 10 years, according to Bob Veres. Some advisers are now experimenting with alternative fee models.
As the world returns to a more public way of life, it's an ideal time for advisers to check with clients whether their financial house is in order.
