Charles Paikert

Greg De Jong took the plunge and sold his $200 million firm to a much larger one for equity, cash and a five-year note. Looking back, he has no regrets.

“If you continue to work the way you have been, you may not be in business in five years,” says United Capital CEO Joe Duran.

Acquisitive advisory firms, private equity and banks are expected to be big buyers.

Pathstone's merger with Federal Street is "a defining deal for firms serving the UHNW segment," says industry consultant Jamie McLaughlin.

The executives decided to leverage their skills in their own areas of expertise.

Undaunted by the failure of a rider to the federal budget bill, the new legislative initiatives will try to once again strangle the Labor Department fiduciary proposal.

Four scenarios are possible. Here’s the most likely.

Only 9% of younger advisors on ownership track have equity stakes in their firms, reveals the Fidelity Benchmarking Study.

The last review was seven years ago.

"I don't see a top in valuations," says Marty Bicknell, CEO of Mariner Wealth Advisors.

Exencial’s John Burns is looking to buy RIAs and his phone “has been ringing a lot."

Cybersecurity is a “huge, huge, huge issue” for advisory industry, says John Burns of Exencial Wealth Advisors.

Expect an "increasing adversarial relationship between industry and regulators" says MarketCounsel’s Andrew Wels.

The Big Apple has the most wealth, but eight other cities grew faster. Which ones?

RCS Non-Executive Chairman Mark Auerbach says the decision to shut down its wholesale distribution business is "extremely difficult but necessary."

The outlook is “scary” for wealth managers who will deal with the newest generation of clients, says David Wilson, head of Capgemini Financial Services strategic analysis.

There are “clash points” when speaking to clients of every generation. Avoid these to create a profitable and useful relationship.

Fidelity's new program includes a discount on a service that monitors elderly clients' financial transactions for suspicious activity.

"Buyers are placing high strategic value on technology innovation," says David Selig, CEO of Advice Dynamics Partners.

Reflecting RCS' ongoing woes, the company made the Roth announcement in the fourth paragraph of a press release announcing disappointing third quarter earnings results.