Corporate governance

The IBD’s head of practice management says more planners should explore becoming ensembles, and she also divulged the firm’s “secret sauce.”

Technology can speed up the planning process, but advisors still need to smartly allocate human resources.

SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson Jr. said his office studied 15 years of data to assess how the firms utilized their power on hundreds of proposals.

The IBD network's AdvicePay integration could help the firm convert more retirement plan business into wealth management clients as it completes a record year for new assets.

New KMS Financial Services CEO Erinn Ford’s team has attracted 28 advisors in 2019.

The ensemble and enterprise pickups came after the No. 4 IBD added 70 advisors in the first nine months of the year.

The wealth management unit took in lower revenue from the year-ago period — but executives say its transformation is going according to plan.

When his dad passed away, my client would have to probate 60 different stocks and a New York property, plus handle charitable contributions. At the same time, 13 grandchildren would breathe down his neck for their inherited shares.

Median revenue surged by 18% in the sector, but forward-looking companies have already adjusted to a fast-changing industry.

Sergio Ermotti is under pressure to lift a stock that has trailed peers for a year.

CEO Dan Arnold described the firm's multipronged strategy for further growth.

CEO Jim Cracchiolo says the firm is focused on “holistic advice rather than a free trade” after wealth management client assets reached a new high.

Industry trends and succession planning prompted the enterprise to leave Advisor Group’s FSC Securities, according to the partner-brothers of the Nettuno Group.

The country’s biggest RIA has already lost nearly $1 billion after its founder made inappropriate comments.

Carolyn Clancy, head of the BD segment, says its 200 client firms need more tools and capabilities in a new era of wealth management.

Billy Ricketts is most likely the elder stateswoman of wealth management — but she and her grandson believed it was time for something new.

For its annual NOVA awards, NICSA recognized asset managers and executives for operational excellence and product development.

Blucora’s Avantax Wealth Management combines two firms that took competing approaches to serving tax professionals branching into wealth management.

Buyers and sellers both can benefit from a formula based on the future performance of the business, rather than a metric of current performance.

The firm is relying on firm reputation and word-of-mouth referrals for growth.