Wealth Management

Foothills Legacy Wealth Management, an eight-person practice based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., brings the hybrid broker/dealer's total assets to approximately $58 billion.

The launch of these products indicates that ETF managers are innovating by closely monitoring investor sentiment and regulatory changes and then quickly bringing products to market. schedule7 Min Read There were 728 new ETFs listed in the U.S. in the first half of 2026, and CFRA has identified five of them as notable launches(see Table 1).We screened the new launches and identified those that have rapidly gathered assets or innovated in growing ETF categories.

Starting in the 2026-2027 admission season, the assets of a small business or family farm will once again not count in aid calculations. schedule4 Min Read For the past two college-admission cycles, parents of college-bound teenagers who own small businesses or family farms have been treated shabbily. Back in 2024, the rules governing the federal financial aid system began harshly penalizing these parents.

Cetera has brought in another Commonwealth Financial Network team, led by Edward Duffy and his Lexington Financial, which manages about $608 million in client assets. The Braintree, Mass.-based firm also includes advisors John Walsh and William Creesy, as well as support staff. “Leaving Commonwealth wasn’t something we took lightly after 32 years,” Duffy said in a statement.

Envestnet has announced an expanded relationship with Vanguard to integrate the investment management company's Advisor's Alpha framework into Envestnet's Wealth Management Platform, pairing it with tax-aware portfolio management technology meant to help advisors deliver personalized after-tax outcomes for clients. The collaboration focuses on transforming tax-aware investing from a manual process into a scalable approach through model portfolios.

Goodfin's Anna Joo Fee details why access to private markets can become a source of alpha, but only when paired with education and context. Shannon Rosic,Director of WealthStack Content and Solutions,Informa Connect Private markets are moving closer to the core of the wealth management conversation, but the experience around accessing, evaluating and explaining those opportunities remains highly fragmented.

Ryan Nauman interviews Defiance ETFs' Brendan Cavanaugh on ETF product development amid consolidation, and long-term thematic exposure. Host Ryan Nauman speaks with Brendan Cavanaugh, Chief Strategy Officer at Defiance ETFs, about today’s most important ETF trends and how Defiance decides what to launch.

Navigate evolving trust and estate regulations with confidence. Download Ready Click below to begin your download. Today's trust and estate regulatory environment may appear stable, but beneath the surface, significant uncertainty remains. From evolving estate tax laws and beneficial ownership reporting requirements to shifting fiduciary standards, wealth managers and trust companies must prepare for continual change rather than relying on today's rules.

Verifiable AI and seamless automation can transform advisor workflows—but only when built on trusted calculation engines and responsible governance. Artificial intelligence is moving from experimentation to execution in wealth management, but adoption without governance creates risk. Ken Lotocki, chief product officer at Conquest, explains how responsible AI requires verifiability, explainability, and accountability in a trust-dependent industry.

In spite of experiencing an uptick in redemption requests tied to private credit funds in recent months, the U.S. evergreen fund markets continued to grow in the first quarter of 2026, with net inflows and positive returns. The market grew to $607 billion and 567 funds as of March 31, up from $590.8 billion and 552 funds in 2025, according to a new report from Morningstar PitchBook.