Andrew Welsch

The firm is one of the first to issue a formal comment letter on the Department of Labor's proposal to put off the regulation's implementation date.

Patricia Bennett says she visited the regional's firm home office three times before deciding to make the move.

Keith Rowling ranked No. 2 on the 2016 list of the industry's top young producers.

The independent firm has recruited a number of wirehouse brokers and grown to $3 billion in client assets, according to the company.

The ex-wirehouse advisers are partnering with Stanley Hochhauser, an industry veteran of more than 50 years.

Hope is dimming, but top Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and investor advocates are unlikely to relent in their efforts to preserve the regulation.

The group previously generated over $1 million in annual revenue.

After investing millions in new platforms and preparing thousands of advisers, executives say they've come too far to reverse course.

Andy Sieg says the firm's digital wealth and mobile app investments are "a key strategic story."

The department says it needs time to complete a review of the regulation ordered by President Trump, who also recently outlined criteria for reversing the rule.

The three recruits all have past work experience at A.G. Edwards.

Andy Sieg, head of the firm, says that "operational changes" are possible if the rule is delayed or overturned.

A detailed look at three years' of recruiting data, from biggest AUM to which firm has lost the most advisers.

The regional firm's newest hire generated $926,000 while at the wirehouse, according to RBC.

The planner-turned-RIA owner is an industry veteran of nearly four decades.

Brokerage chief Jim Weddle balks at offering automated advice as it would be "an alternative to working with our financial advisers."

In spite of its own compliance policies, the firm failed to get several hundred clients to sign a disclosure notice that described risks associated with inverse ETFs.

The new hires are both industry veterans of more than two decades.

The Obama-era regulation may survive even Trump's sweeping regulatory rollback, some experts say.

Advisers report that the president's policies (and tweets) are affecting fund allocation requests.