Advisor, CNBC Analyst Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for $3M Fraud

A California-based advisor (and frequent CNBC guest) who was on the run from law enforcement for…

How to thrive as a financial advisor with ADHD

When Aubrey Williams, a financial advisor at Open Path Financial in Goleta, California, watched his kids…

UBS Advisor Headcount Down, But Profits Up

UBS, the Zurich-based bank and wealth manager, reported a 4% drop in advisor headcount quarter-over-quarter in…

NASAA Seeks Comments on Aligning State Advisor Ad Rules with SEC

State securities regulators want to align state-specific rules with the federal marketing rule. The North American…

Raymond JamesSees Strongest Advisor Pipeline in Decades; Ameriprise Hikes Recruitment Packages

Raymond James and Ameriprise Financial reported relatively strong earnings from their wealth management divisions, including strength…

Financial Advisor Indicted in $9.5M Ponzi Scheme Spanning Decades

A Northern California financial advisor faces 20 years in prison after being indicted in a fraud…

Bay Area Advisor Departs Commonwealth to Start Own RIA

Adam Spiegelman, a financial advisor based in Alamo, Calif., with about $400 million in assets under…

Treasury Postpones Investment Advisor Anti-Money Laundering Rule to 2028

The Treasury Department is postponing its investment advisor anti-money laundering rule by two years and plans…

AI use tops advisor compliance headaches for first time

For the first time, artificial intelligence use is far and away the most common concern for…

Steward Partners Snags $500M Advisor From Truist

Steward Partners, an employee-owned hybrid partnership of independent advisory firms, has added former Truist advisor Mike Wood…

CFP Board picks Ph.D. advisor as 2026 chair-elect

It won’t take effect for another 18 months, but the CFP Board already has its chair…

J.D. Power’s 2025 financial advisor satisfaction rankings

One of the most closely watched report cards in the fight to recruit and retain financial…

Financial Advisor Model Portfolios Surge to $4.4T in Assets

A first-quarter 2025 “Model Portfolio Trend” report compiled by fintech firm Broadridge Financial Solutions confirms that…

Advisor confidence positive for the first time in six months

Financial advisors’ confidence levels have risen out of negative territory for the first time in half…

Why advisor self-care is crucial to wealth management

The personal mental health and wellness of financial advisors and other wealth management professionals can often…

$290B Financial Advisor Ric Edelman Boosts Crypto Allocation Recommendation

Prominent financial advisor Ric Edelman says investors should consider putting as much as 40% of their…

Quinn Signals Another Wave in the Great Advisor AI Tech Acceleration

I wrote a column last summer entitled “Finny and the Great AdvisorTech Acceleration,” largely about the…

Barred Advisor Sentenced to 8 Years for $17M Client Fraud Scheme

Scott J. Mason, a former advisor who was barred from the industry, was sentenced to 97…

Deep digital footprints convert advisor referrals to clients

For years, I believed referrals spoke louder than the internet when it came to growing my…

The Role of Internships in Filling the Advisor Pipeline

Registered investment advisor Halbert Hargrove has strived to build its firm on a unique business model…

Stifel gets $2.1B team at Oppenheimer in week’s advisor moves

Stifel Financial is shaking up the wealth management business on the West Coast with its recruitment…

&Partners Founders Discuss the Power of Answering Advisor Calls at 5:30 a.m.

&Partners, the St. Louis-based hybrid broker/dealer launched by David Kowach, former president and CEO of Wells Fargo…