Practice management
As of Oct 8, 2026, AdvisorIQ lists 31 research pieces and 5 upcoming CE webinars on practice management.
Running an independent practice means making business decisions alongside client ones: pricing, staffing, technology, growth and, in time, succession. Those choices shape both the client experience and what the firm is worth. This page gathers webinars, replays, CE webinars from around the industry and research on running a practice, with links to AdvisorIQ's succession and M&A resources.
CE webinars from around the industry
The full listRun by their hosts, not AdvisorIQ. Times are Eastern; CE is shown as each host states it.
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Wed Oct 14
Protecting What Matters Most: Defending Clients Against Scams and Identity Theft
CE, as the host states it: CFP Board CE Credit Hours: TBD
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Fri Oct 16
Beyond Borders: Financial Planning for the Globally Mobile Client
CE, as the host states it: 1.0 CFP CE credit
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Wed Oct 21
Get Brain Fit: How to Build Peak Mental Fitness
CE, as the host states it: CFP Board CE Credit Hours: TBD
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Fri Oct 23
The Why Behind Money Decisions
CE, as the host states it: 1.0 CFP CE credit
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Wed Nov 18
4 Ways Highly Emotionally Intelligent Advisors Lift Client Sentiment
CE, as the host states it: 1.0 CFP CE credit
From the research library
More research on practice managementLinks go to each publisher's own page. AdvisorIQ writes the summaries; inclusion is editorial and never paid.
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What Separates Sophisticated Investors? Risk Literacy and Investment Decision-Making
A research brief that sorts investors by how well they understand risk rather than basic terms. Only 18% show advanced investment literacy, and willingness to take a fraud-like pitch peaks among those with basic-only knowledge, which points to client education on risk and scams that goes beyond the basics.
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The AI advice frontier: Use, trust, and the human edge
A Vanguard survey of 6,686 investors finds about 32% have used AI for financial guidance, but only 19% of them trust its accuracy. AI was far more likely to raise than lower the perceived value of a human advisor, and the paper suggests advisors lean into empathy and help clients use AI tools safely.
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Will AI Replace Financial Advisors? Here's How to Prove Your Value to Clients
A Morningstar behavioral scientist draws on the firm's research into why clients hire advisors: behavioral coaching, goals-based planning and advice that feels personal and reliable. She concludes AI is best used for efficiency, and that uses which make the client relationship feel less personal can do harm.
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M&A in wealth management: 2026 mid-year update
Fidelity's midyear review of wealth management deals finds 120 RIA transactions in the first half of 2026, down from 132 a year earlier, but acquired assets of $342.9 billion, nearly double. Median deal size rose to $630 million, and acquirers are using deals to add capabilities such as tax and estate planning.
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7 Ideas to Redesign Wealth Management Operating Models
Drawing on panels with operations and technology leaders at wealth firms, BNY Pershing outlines seven ways to redesign operating models around AI rather than automate old processes. Themes include treating advisors as co-designers, keeping control of client data, planning for change management early and avoiding a sprawl of tools.
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Advisor Retirements Underscore Need for Stronger Rookie Development
Cerulli finds that about 35% of advisors, managing 40% of industry assets, plan to retire within 10 years, and more than a quarter of them are unsure of their succession plans. Practice management staff cite the time needed to train new advisors as the main hurdle, and Cerulli argues placing rookies on larger teams eases both problems.
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Survey: AI Dominates Compliance Priorities at Historic Margin as Firms Move from Awareness to Action
The 2026 compliance testing survey of 411 adviser firms finds 85% name AI the top compliance topic and 80% have formally adopted AI tools. Fewer have the controls to match: 48% have a human-review policy and 30% address third-party AI use, and the survey also benchmarks compliance staffing and budgets.
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2026 RIA Benchmarking Study
Schwab's annual benchmarking study of 1,236 RIA firms with more than $2.5 trillion in assets, collected in early 2026. Growth remains the top priority, firms credit organic growth to clear value propositions and marketing, and talent, AI and digital processes are the main levers for efficiency.
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AI Adoption Accelerates, Driving Financial Advisor Loyalty, JD Power Finds
J.D. Power's 2026 survey of more than 4,500 advisors links effective firm-provided AI tools to higher satisfaction and loyalty. Active AI use rose to 73% among employee advisors and 42% among independents, and teaming is spreading among younger independent advisors.
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Five factors set to disrupt the financial advice business
Natixis distills its 2026 global survey of 2,950 advisors into five pressures on the business, from clients moving to cash to digital competition and an aging advisor workforce. Advisors expect assets to grow about 12% a year, 43% expect AI tools for self-directed investors to become their main competitor within five years, and 77% see advisor retirements as an opportunity.
Research and CE webinars from around the industry link to the publisher's or host's own page. AdvisorIQ writes the summaries; inclusion is editorial and never paid. CE for webinars from around the industry is shown as each host states it; AdvisorIQ does not confirm it. Times are Eastern. Today is Oct 8, 2026.