Corporate governance

The No. 4 independent broker-dealer has unveiled two major recruiting grabs from its rivals in two weeks.

Many of the employees who were dismissed worked in the firm’s brokerage unit, according to the allegations.

Jodi Perry took over as national director of the independent contractor division as the firm seeks to keep up its strong momentum.

A retail RIA and robo retirement combination could be a game-changer.

All systems go for more transactions — but the stock market is a wild card.

"I still feel like NAPFA is one of the best kept secrets in the planning world and we want to change that," NAPFA CEO Geoffrey Brown says.

Fielding rapid-fire questions, Savant Capital Management CEO Brent Brodeski reveals the biggest mistakes of RIA buyers and sellers, shares the strategy behind his firm's targeted acquisitions and divulges his favorite app.

The RIA grabs an UHNW firm with trust services in a lucrative market while also targeting midsized firms.

The $263 million practice’s new IBD reported record recruiting for 2017, helped in part by the movement of advisors following LPL’s massive acquisition.

Planner Greg Phelps, one of the project volunteers, survived the shooting by sprinting across the concert grounds while bullets slugged into the ground.

Ad hoc or structured approaches can both work, but results depend on the amount of effort.

Dan Arnold received a 155% raise in his first year atop the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.

Assume everything you say is on the record, and don’t overshare.

The No. 13 IBD has added 183 advisors through its recruiting efforts in the past two years.

The newly merged practice became the seventh largest at the No. 18 IBD.

The new location will initially have 200 employees, most of which will be in areas like technology and wealth management.

If you want to eventually sell your practice for a big pay day (and not everyone does), aim for annual growth of 15%.

Two Securities Service Network advisors have purchased 15 firms over a decade, and they plan to buy several more this year.

“For progress, we need to make people just the right amount of uncomfortable," says Erika Karp of Cornerstone Capital Group.

Religious groups threaten to withdraw shareholder proposal on the bank’s decision.