Department of Labor releases its first wave of FAQs on the fiduciary rule, baby boomers seek more advice from advisors than millennials and CentSai launches experts section.

Schwab’s chief technology officer predicts financial services firms will connect to the “rewired” investor with chat bots, virtual reality and machine learning, and that “we’re going to move past investment management as a focal point in five years.”

Schwab Chief Technology Officer Tim Heier admits that his first computer was the Commodore 64, and he was impressed. “64 kilobytes of RAM,” he said. “Now, you have thousands of times that in your pocket.&rdquo...

The man with the plan. Professional athletes have reputations for being cavalier about how they spend their money, especially with stories about how many are ripped off by financial advisors and are left broke shortly after their playing care...

As the independent advice industry evolves, advisors are spending less time coming into an office to manage portfolios and allocate assets, and much more time working on delivering comprehensive wealth management...

Morgan Stanley announced it will continue to give wealth management clients as choice, in contrast to competitors like Bank of America's Merrill Lynch.

In 2012, a bill proposed by then–Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) died out that would have allowed one or more SROs (self-regulatory organizations) to oversee investment advisors. FINRA was gunning for the job...