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Financial Planning

How to Find Investing Insights from Tax Returns

Tax alpha is critical and building tax-efficient portfolios and strategies is a better way to add alpha than trying to beat the market.

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Industry News

The Fiduciary Rule Is Dead, but the Conversations Aren’t

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Goldman Sachs to Invest $42.5M in TAMP GeoWealth

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Inside Carson Group’s $60B Growth Story and Its Big AI Bet

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Financial Planning

Are Clients in Denial About Retirement Healthcare Costs?

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Scary stats about the cost of health care in retirement drive many to simply ignore the issue, resulting in missed planning opportunities.

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Investing Strategies

Smart investing strategies and perspectives from thought leaders.

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How Advisors Are Finding Opportunities in Private Real Estate Right Now

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Why Advisors Are Doubling Down on Munis, High-Quality Bonds Right Now

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Why Advisors Can’t Ignore the Balance Sheet

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Private Investments Are Coming for 401(k)s. There’s a Big Illiquidity Problem

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Wealthtech

How Vanguard Is Mapping Out the Future of AI

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The company’s head of financial advisor services Lauren Wilkinson said wealth managers are already finding major efficiencies. What comes next?

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Industry News

Thrivent to Hire 600 Advisors for Second Straight Year

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The hiring push comes amid rapid expansion of the independent RIA channel and an approaching advisor shortage driven by retirements.

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Wealthtech

Agentic AI Arrives in Advisor Offices

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RIA leaders face a new challenge in the AI age: helping advisors grow while protecting the human side of advice.

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Practice Management

Actionable advice and frameworks for financial advisors to build larger more durable businesses.

Financial Planning

This Is an Advisor’s Brain on AI: Prioritizing Critical Choices

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AI notetakers can be a boon during client meetings, but critical decisionmaking should remain a human task.

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Financial Planning

First Tax Season Under Big Beautiful Bill Mixes Heightened Complexity with Bigger Refunds

While tax season is always a headache, clients may see larger refunds this year thanks to recent legislation, experts said.

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Industry News

Robinhood, TradePMR Join Growing Referral Space

They’re just the latest firms to join the referral space, an area of wealth management that is ramping up.

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Industry News

Why FINRA Might Overhaul Its Arbitration System

The regulating body is asking the public for feedback on its dispute resolution process.

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