The IBD network disclosed the renewal of its clearing agreement, along with three firms’ intention to self-report possible mutual fund violations to the SEC.

Blucora CEO John Clendening says the cuts to head count should taper off by next year, when the firm will have dropped as many as 1,000 reps in 16 months.

The firm remains in transformational flux, but the results of its "Project E" evolution are beginning to show.

The firm's brokerage ranks increased by just one advisor year-over-year.

Dan Arnold says the firm remains interested if deals are a match for the No. 1 IBD.

The firm achieved a record 7,719 independent and employee advisors in the second quarter.

Compensation related to financial advisor recruiting fell 22% for the second quarter.

The firm will move over to Salesforce’s CRM tool starting next year as part of an effort to boost efficiency with new technology.

While the business is producing steady profits, the lender rejigged financial targets this year after investors argued Ermotti should do more to improve returns after the shares languished.

There’s no obvious reason to row back from the bank's strategic commitment to focus on wealth management while keeping a leash on the investment bank

As turnaround plans at peers such as Credit Suisse gather speed, some investors are asking whether UBS is doing enough to sustain its lead.

Wirehouse policy changes are bearing fruit and leaving advisor career options in flux.

The firm is, all of a sudden, Wall Street’s big spender.

The bank's wealth management businesses earned $205 million on $720 million in revenue in the second quarter.

Investors have been more skeptical of how much boost the tax cuts would provide to the economy this year, and the big banks’ second-quarter profits seem to suggest why.

The firm’s FA ranks at 14,820 were down by only nine brokers from the previous quarter.

Despite loosening regulations and the president’s tax cuts, BofA continued a string of lackluster second-quarter earnings for the big banks.

Total broker head count dropped by 173 from the prior quarter, according to the wirehouse.

Outliers aside, fundamental indexing is still more expensive than old fashioned capitalization-weighted indexing.

Investors slammed the sell button on passive products in February amid the return of volatility that saw a record jump in Wall Street’s fear gauge.