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High-earning participants in the expanding universe of retirement plans offer a wellspring of potential clients for firms and advisors.

Concurrent Financial Planning brings academic gravitas to its growth plans under the firm's founder Preston Cherry and his wife, Managing Partner Eiman Osseilan.

The St. Louis-based brokerage is also encouraging representatives to become Certified Financial Planners as it experiments with fee-based fiduciary business models.

The Internal Revenue Service is turning to artificial intelligence to help select tax returns to audit and narrow the tax gap, but it needs to use this new technology consistently and transparently, according to a new government report.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans sided with the private funds industry, which argued that the agency overstepped its authority.

LPL Financial topped the list, but the next five firms in these rankings of the 10 that picked up the most brokers from rivals are wirehouses and employee brokerages.

Wealthtech platform Envestnet has agreed to offer its in-house unified managed account tools to BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton and State Street to boost more customized direct indexing for advisors.

The latest appointment comes amid Citi's continued overhaul of its executive ranks and wealth business.

The questioning of expert witnesses quickly unraveled into charges of "BS" and unexpected baseball references.

As technology advances, so does the cost and time it takes to deploy new tools. Some firms are choosing to build in-house, while others are partnering with vendors and more specialized tech providers.