Donna M. Mitchell

Strong growth solidified LPL’s position as one of the largest RIA custodians in the industry.

As more advisors move their practices out of the wirehouse channel, they gain expertise that they can share with peers who are considering a similar move.

Declining rates notwithstanding, divorce will always be an issue to contend with among high-net-worth clients.

For planners with energy to spare, pro bono work promotes the concept of holistic financial planning in compelling ways.

Polaris Venture Partners will make a $4 million investment in Aria Retirement Solutions to help it expand its technology platform for independent advisors.

Authority details its top concerns in a letter directed to the industry’s compliance officers.

Keith Johnson is expected to enhance Curian’s practice management platform with new advisor-facing educational content, sales and marketing presentations, tools and resources.

The company hopes to hires 2,400 financial representatives to meet client demand for its tailored planning approach to delivering services.

As part of the arrangement, Adams Hall will retain its name and gradually integrate its operations and systems into Mariner’s over time.

The firm joins several others, including Ladenburg Thalmann, Cetera and LPL Financial, to offer subsidized FSI memberships to advisors.

Invesco's director of investment product management says the market’s worst days are just as important as its best days, rebutting the belief that missing the market’s best days is the worst mistake an investor or an advisor could make.

The firm promoted Kevin Rogers to managing director and family wealth advisor to head up the specialty team.

The acquisition of Birmingham, Ala.-based Chitwood Advisory Group marks Atlanta Capital’s second wealth management acquisition since June 2011.

The open question, among others, is how some of these initiatives will be paid for and whether any substantial work will get done in an election year, one planner said.

Harold C. Brown & Co., a small broker-dealer that became an RIA during its 80-year-old history, has lost four major partners.

In a major coup, Dynasty lands a storied client for performance reporting and advisory support services.

The Seattle-based broker-dealer is winding down. Its legal entity will retain its liability and assets, and D.A. Davidson will not take on its bond inventory.

HSBC Global Asset Management has hired Damion J. Hendrickson as a senior vice president and head of RIA sales.

More than 14 years ago, Jane Norberg worked with confidential informants in planning, organizing and conducting investigations of federal crimes. Now she's the SEC's new deputy chief of the Office of the Whistleblower.

Two large RIA firms have launched their own apps in the Apple and Android store, putting them ahead of the field in the race to maintain contact with clients.