Portfolio

The newly independent advisors added a new team and are looking to bring on more practices.

The broker misappropriated his clients’ investment money for rent, credit card bills and other personal uses, investigators say.

Dean Hoover is the latest advisor to join the Raymond James-affiliated independent firm.

Planners are seeking the independence and support that they say they aren’t getting at wirehouses.

Before making any changes to the compensation plan, find out what your partners value most. You may be surprised how agreeable they are.

Thinking of leaving a big broker-dealer? Answer these three questions first, recruiter Mark Elzweig writes.

The money manager has been shorting a group of technology stocks, which he’s described as a “bubble basket.”

LifeYield makes it proprietary Taxficient Score available to individual advisors.

Demand for financial advisors is rising in Southern California, so to keep up with the latest trends, Halbert Hargrove engages in a compensation benchmarking study twice year.

As the financial planning industry nears a fee-only, fiduciary world, independent broker-dealers will face some important choices about their future business models.