Michelle Zhou

The regional firm’s latest recruit spent 16 years at the wirehouse.

The new recruits come from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Advisors.

Two planners spell out the common psychological biases that prevent clients from maximizing their benefits.

The regional brokerage firm picked up recruits from Wedbush Securities and Merrill Lynch.

The regional firm’s latest recruit joined its employee channel after 17 years at the wirehouse.

The independent broker-dealer landed four recruits from Merrill Lynch, Edward Jones, Wunderlich Securities and Ameriprise.

Founded by former wirehouse advisers, XML Financial is the seventh firm to join the IPO-bound RIA aggregator this year.

See which independent broker-dealers are beating their larger competitors in attracting new client assets.

After being jilted by the nation’s largest IBD, the organization breaks new ground with membership additions.

The elite firm’s latest recruit is an industry veteran and former Desert Storm Marine.

See which independent broker-dealers are managing the biggest asset base for client accounts.

In the face of political uncertainty, planners are clinging to cash and reallocating client assets to short-term investments.

These independent broker-dealers generated the most revenue from commission-based accounts.

See which independent broker-dealer boasts a compliance staff of more than 500, and which top firms have fewer than 100.

How many women advisers work for the leading independent broker-dealers?

Clients are anticipating volatility and favoring defensive allocations no matter the outcome, say advisers who participated in a recent poll.

See which independent broker-dealers generated the most revenue from fee-based accounts.

The final installment of our annual listing, organized alphabetically.

The regional broker landed three recruits from First Allied Securities, Edward Jones and U.S. Bank.