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Dynasty Financial Partners' investment bank joins Diamond Consultants to help departing teams vet transition options, whether that's joining another wirehouse, selling to an RIA aggregator or starting their own business.

As Financial Planning's AI Readiness Survey showed, most advisors aren't concerned about their own jobs. But others aren't so sure.

Step away from the rote 30-second spiel. Instead, forge connections with advisory prospects based on trust, not tactics.

New AI tools are often added to existing tech without fanfare, meaning that advisors who don't want to use them are forced to scour for ways to turn them off.

The wirehouse leaves its basic paygrid untouched for the fifth year in a row while giving advisors extra incentives to tout banking products and work with existing clients' children and grandchildren.

The awards recognize early-career brokers that have created top production numbers at their wealth management firms.

A clear division is emerging between smaller independent RIAs and their larger billion-dollar competitors, as some firms aggressively pursue a "one-stop shop" model for their clientele.

As geopolitical and other uncertainty remains, gold is seen as a useful hedge. But experts warn gold's rise won't last forever.

Janney also adds teams from Morgan Stanley and UBS, while LPL Financial picks up advisors from Janney for its direct employee channel.