Andrew Welsch

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With the Labor Department and SEC signaling further potential changes in the regulatory framework, here's what advisers need to know now.

Everyone wants technology to streamline processes, but clients' complex problems create hurdles to achieving that goal.

The Swiss firm picked up a team that oversaw approximately $900 million in client assets.

The broker, who had been with the bank for 21 years, went independent with backing from Dynasty Financial Partners.

An open question is how the latest effort by the agency would coordinate with the Department of Labor.

The wirehouse had held back on finalizing some aspects of its fiduciary implementation plan until the rule's fate was clearer.

The pro athlete met the adviser through his college business professor, authorities say.

The former JP Morgan Private Bank adviser focuses on wealthy Latin American clients.

The wirehouse and other firms aim to cultivate a new crop of tech-savvy FAs.

The firm picked up teams from Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo.

The new hire previously generated $1.4 million in annual revenue, according to his new employer.

It seems that a long bull market in transition deals may be coming to an end.

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta may have left a little wiggle room for future revisions.

There is "no principled legal basis" to do so, Labor Secretary Acosta says.

The group opted to join HighTower, which has added nine teams so far this year.

Purchaser B. Riley Financial will operate Wunderlich alongside its RIA and investment bank.

C.L. King & Associates argued it did not break any FINRA rules.

The move is the latest in a string of new hires at the regional brokerage firm.

The broker says the decision to switch firms was "an easy one."