Financial advisors cautiously optimistic about Fed rate cut

For the most part, financial advisors are maintaining a feeling of stagnant unease about the overall…

Strategies for Advisors for the Great Wealth Transfer

Welcome to Zephyr’s Adjusted for Risk Podcast hosted by Ryan Nauman. In this episode, recorded at…

How financial advisors can build intentional firm culture

Every firm has a culture, whether it actively builds one or not. Yet many firms fail…

Merrill Lynch Advisors Join WaFd Bank to Lead New RIA

Washington Federal Bank (WaFd) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch WaFd Wealth,…

Ascensus Hires Liaison for Advisors, Asset Managers

Ascensus, a tax-advantaged retirement and education savings provider, has added a role to bolster connections between…

Osaic Rolls Out Capital Options for Advisors

At its annual conference this week, Osaic rolled out several capital-raising options for its advisors, ranging…

Gen X split: Why advisors need two strategies

Generation X is anything but uniform, especially when it comes to money. Often labeled the “forgotten…

Advisors Focused on AI, Financing at Osaic Conference

The more than 3,000 advisors who attended Osaic’s annual ConnectED conference ranged from those who had…

JPMorgan sues ex private client advisors over solicitation

For the third time in three months, JPMorgan is suing one of its former branch-based advisors…

Advisor’s guide to managing client pessimism in bull market

The Federal Reserve is set to meet this week to decide whether or not to lower…

Dynasty and Cetera Add Advisors

It was a ho-hum week in the registered investment advisor deal space, with just three acquisitions…

Road to Independence: Strategies for Financial Advisors

In this episode of Zephyr’s Adjusted for Risk Podcast, host Ryan Nauman interviews Henry Hagenbuch, Senior…

Raymond James sues to retrieve dead advisor’s laptop

Raymond James is taking the widower of one of its former advisors to court for not…

Why Advisors are Leaping Right to Independence

There’s an adage attributed to Jackie Kennedy: “The first time you marry for love, the second…

The Diamond Podcast for Advisors: 2025 Mid-Year Report

If you’re an advisor wondering what the second half of 2025 might hold, the first six…

Raymond James Sues Advisor’s Husband Over Laptop

Raymond James has filed a lawsuit against the husband of an advisor, who passed away suddenly…

Student-athletes with NIL deals need help from advisors

The financial landscape has changed drastically for college athletes, and Arch Manning is the poster boy…

How advisors can get noticed in a no-click search world

How does your firm rank on Google? That was the question for years. But in 2025,…

5 tax planning challenges facing financial advisors

The large wealth and asset management firms that must recruit and retain financial advisors to keep…

Impacts on Retirees and Advisors

Otto von Bismarck was one tough keks (that’s “cookie” in German). After leading Prussia, defeating France…

Orion to Release New AI Assistants for Advisors

Wealthtech provider Orion is unveiling artificial intelligence assistants within its platforms this week, part of what…

Mariner Indie Arm, Maridea Add Advisors

Summer unofficially ended Tuesday in the registered investment advisor deal space, with numerous multi-billion dollar deals…