How financial advisors can avoid bad private equity deals

Private equity investors’ pitches to financial advisors often feature tempting bid prices and promises for the…

The Financial Advisor’s Guide to RIA Independence

For many advisory teams, staying inside a wirehouse or broker/dealer feels restrictive. They want more control…

Diversification through luxury watches? Advisors have thoughts

Advisors can recommend a number of options to help diversify client portfolios. But, should that include…

The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: Dave Mullen’s Growth Strategies

So many of us wonder, “What does it REALLY take to get from here to there?”…

Advisors Accuse Ameriprise of “Mud-Slinging” and “Name Calling”

Advisors at the center of the ongoing legal battle between Ameriprise and LPL Financial have filed…

Betterment Acquires Direct Indexing Provider Rowboat Advisors

Betterment has acquired Rowboat Advisors, a portfolio optimization software provider focusing on tax efficiency and direct…

How advisors can land new clients with color theory

Marketers across all professions know they have a tiny window of time — often a fraction…

How financial advisors can plan ahead to prevent elder abuse

The possibility of dementia or other forms of diminished capacity among older clients begs the need…

bQuest Launches Turnkey Aging-Care Support Platform for Advisors

I sure could have used some of the services bQuest announced this week—if only it existed…

Allocate or avoid? Advisors weigh in on the recent gold rush

Gold has staged an impressive rally this year, surging past Goldman Sachs’ 2025 forecast to briefly…

Financial advisors are torn over this RMD tax strategy

Required minimum distributions can be a touchy subject for retirees and their financial advisors, requiring them…

Five Things Advisors Should Look for in UMAs

Since their introduction in the 1990s, unified managed accounts have seemed like an attractive tool for…

LPL CEO not worried about rivals for Commonwealth advisors

LPL CEO Rich Steinmeier has seen the offers other firms are making to Commonwealth Financial advisors…

Mercer Accuses Former Advisors Of Using ‘Trade Secrets’ to Solicit Clients

Mercer Global Advisors is suing two former employees, accusing them of illegally enticing Mercer clients after…

The Key Question Many Advisors Aren’t Asking

It’s a missed opportunity hiding in plain sight: “What’s your favorite charity?” It may sound basic,…

Osaic Super OSJ Affiliated Advisors Lands 30 New Teams

Affiliated Advisors, a large office of supervisory jurisdiction with independent broker/dealer Osaic, recruited 30 new advisors…

Advisors favor underutilized strategies over asset buckets

Is it time for financial advisors to kick the bucket strategy? In the decades since financial…

Advisors Fight Personal Device Search in Ameriprise-LPL Legal Battle

Advisors at the center of the ongoing legal battle between Ameriprise and LPL Financial are asking…

The Diamond Podcast For Financial Advisors: SpirePoint Private Client

This episode features a few plot twists that differentiate it from the typical wirehouse breakaway story.…

The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: Industry Update on M&A

Mergers and acquisitions in the wealth management industry continue to break records and dominate the headlines,…

Goldman Sachs Launches Alts University for Advisors

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is adding to the industry-wide push to “democratize” alternative investing by launching…

CW Advisors Snags Two Firms With Combined $1.4B In Assets

CW Advisors, a Boston-based registered investment advisor backed by Audax Private Equity, has booked over $3.5…