Corporate governance

Executives say valuing friendliness alongside other factors is helping to drive a record $66 million in incoming production this year.

The need for scale is forcing a reassessment of M&A strategy.

In a perfect world, a negotiated peace will make winners of all parties, including clients.

The partnership gives the world's largest asset manager access to a “growing but fragmented” set of RIAs, says an executive.

Distributors may be demanding more support in the areas of investor education, risk management and governance.

The advisors retained from shuttering Broker Dealer Financial Services will add more than 80 advisors now able to tap into the buying firm’s offerings.

CEO Jamie Price and other executives met with some 1,000 prospective advisors after inking one of the largest M&A deals in the IBD space this year.

The No. 1 IBD’s major spending on recruiting, technology and organic growth is yielding big returns.

Seven IBDs turn 50 this year. Here's why most of them won't survive another half-century.

The No. 1 IBD poached two more teams from the largest firm in rival network Cetera Financial Group.

The firm has streamlined its leadership structure and overhauled its marketing strategy.

The No. 7 IBD expects such moves by advisors to increase in coming years, so it's ramping up offerings aimed at fee-only services.

As mega firms scale up and niche advisors specialize further, profits for a vast swath of the advisory market are getting squeezed.

Allianz became the second multinational insurance firm to step away from the IBD space this year under a plan to shutter Questar Capital.

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Standout firms and individuals were awarded by NICSA their efforts in transforming industry operations.

Advisors can help by being familiar with tax relief options that might be available to affected clients. Here's what to look for.

As digital advice blends with traditional human services, firms are looking to expand into technology hubs around the country.

Sterne Agee changed its name after Stifel sold the firm in 2016 to INTL FCStone for about $50 million.

The private equity firm completed the largest IBD purchase of the year by acquiring the majority of the 7,700-advisor network.