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Commission staffers are probing how broker-dealers are handling ETFs and the extent to which investors understand the risks of the funds.

Mercer Advisors turned to channel partners for referrals and made a valuable business-model change.

Judge’s decision paves way for the Cetera subsidiary’s IBDs to move past RCS troubles; retirement benefits are unaffected, judge says.

“The election could be disruptive to this rule,” Brian Hamburger predicted.

The recruits generated $1.8 million in annual production before making the move.

Advisors able to analyze client data will be able to predict financial behavior, says Jud Bergman, Envestnet's chief executive.

A U.S. proposal could make it harder for Wall Street banks to compete for talent against asset managers.

In an unusual move, the two veteran advisers left the independent channel to rejoin an employee broker-dealer.

Previous investors were happy to let a Canadian firm be the sole investor, says Bill Harris, CEO of Personal Capital.

As Cetera parent RCS Capital moves toward bankruptcy emergence, the IBD will shutter two smaller IBDs, leading to likely loss of unknown number of advisers.