Corporate governance

MFA hired a former George W. Bush administration staffer to bolster its lobbying presence ahead of what promises to be a turbulent political year.

The partnership will likely help both industry titans with their long-term strategic plans.

The global wealth manager was drawn to the Boston-based RIA’s impact investing and OCIO businesses.

The Avantax Wealth Management parent views HK Financial as another way of working with CPAs and tax professionals branching into the field.

Rivals will be waiting to seize on any changes that may irk some 4,400 representatives poised to operate under a new parent IBD network.

The record level of transactions — as well as long-term industry shifts — often prompt advisors and other wealth management professionals to assess their options.

These shortcomings were primarily due to “systemic, longstanding, governance-level weaknesses,” a new report says.

There comes a point when advisors must decide how much to scale. Here's a guide.

With the industry closely watching the complex integration, the selling network's parent divulged how it struck the $1.3-billion agreement to form a giant IBD.

At a meeting last year, the firm’s CEO discussed how behavior would be held to a higher standard than rank-and-file employees, people familiar with the matter said.

The firm's top recruiter explained its approach to helping advisors keep up with a rapidly changing profession.

The PE-backed wealth management holding company will grow to 2,500 advisors upon closure of its latest acquisition.

I helped others plan ahead but it took a personal tragedy to put my own succession plan in place.

Integrated Partners added a family office practice eyeing wirehouse breakaways as part of a dozen recruiting grabs for the No. 1 IBD and its OSJs.

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.