The financial planning tools advisors rely on are evolving from recommendation engines to direct advice enablement, which could help both advisors and their clients.
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It’s usually not by eagerly scooping up shares of a company before it has met the standards of inclusion for key indices like the S&P 500.
A quarter of Americans are caring for both children and parents. It’s both a financial and emotional challenge for clients, and advisors should make sure they take care of themselves before helping others.
Bill Bengen never intended for the recommendation to become a baseline for retirement income spending, despite its popularity among prominent financial planners.
Wealth managers agree that a free $1,000 is a good thing, but it may come with trade-offs.
Donor-advised fund assets grew 19% last year to top $328 billion, according to IRS data, with no signs of slowing down
Nearly half of Americans are prioritizing day-to-day expenses over retirement savings. Even wealthy clients aren’t immune.
If you wouldn’t share client data with a stranger or a hostile attorney, don’t upload it into generic AI chatbot tools.
Advisors recommend careful planning to make sure that a more global approach to post-professional life doesn’t carry a bigger tax bill.
Required nest eggs vary state to state, sometimes by hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to new research.
Wealthy families who can contribute the maximum allowance have the biggest opportunity, but children of lower-income families also stand to benefit.
The One Big Beautiful Bill has materially changed the economics of qualified charitable distributions.
Less than a third of pre-retirees aged 55 and older actually have a plan for how they’ll withdraw money when they stop working.
Housing wealth can be a powerful source of retirement income, but renters have a great opportunity to invest in stocks.
Advisors must balance helping parents protect assets without making them feel they’re abandoning their children.
The shift from attorney- to advisor-driven estate planning means firms need to upgrade their offerings — or get left behind.