RIA Edge 100: AI Won’t Alter Client-Advisor Ratios

Published on April 1, 2026

Artificial intelligence promises “business efficiencies” that will free up an advisor’s time. But executives leading this year’s crop of RIA Edge 100 firms say they won’t fill that time by giving advisors even more clients. Rather, they say the business benefits most when the advisors invest the extra time in deepening relationships with their existing client roster.